#MicroPoetry|March ’26 Verses Every month I tweet #MicroPoetry! In 140 characters, they are part prayer, thought, reflection, challenge or something in-between. I look forward to sharing them with you and hope that they may lead t...

🌟As this day of possibility unfolds, how are you feeling? Concerns, worries, unexpected joy, or wonder?
📚May March’s #Verses inspire you wherever you are & however this day feels.
Share the light, embrace the muse! ✨
#UCCan #ShineOn #CreativeCommons
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#MicroPoetry|February ’26 Verses Every month I tweet #MicroPoetry! In 140 characters, they are part prayer, thought, reflection, challenge or something in-between. I look forward to sharing them with you and hope that they may lead t...

🎨 March's #MicroPoetry #Verses are on the horizon! While awaiting their release, why not (re)visit the February Collection? Share which verse resonates with you! 🌟
#UCCan #ShineOn #CreativeCommons
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Inspired by nurturing the environment that embraces us …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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Gallery|2026 There are the images used throughout 2026 for A Deacon's Musing. I hope that the visuals chosen speak to the words used in each blog. Just as importantly, I hope they not only complement the various m...

📸 March's photos have been added to the 2026 Gallery!
Take a moment to explore the collection and let the images speak to you on this day full of possibilities.
Which one stands out to you?
#UCCan #ShineOn #CreativeCommons
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A lone human sits near the lone dead tree in the middle of the main square of the destroyed

Violence's logic
fostered by War's turmoil
preferences Few
at Many's expense
So arise we must
demanding Ancestors' Wisdom
Peace of Our Conscience
____________________________
Inspired by confronting Turmoil with Tranquillity …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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🌟 Fresh inspirations have been added to the #Love photo collection! How have you lived love today?
Share your moments of light, courage, or affirmation—it’d be a gift to see them.
#UCCan #CreativeCommons #ShineOn
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White and Grey sculpted hands reaching upward in a posture of need

In moments
when world's needs plead
& people lament
can dissuade
Remember
Comrades
we're delightfully designed
to darkness dispel
with blazing Light
__________________
Inspired by responding to the Other’s need …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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Inspired by unshuttering one another to so shine …

#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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A painting of people with their hands raised in the air, with the hands in different colours.

Temper not
Righteous Rage
when Justice malformed
oppresses the people & places
we're Called to not only free
but with whom our Liberation depends
________________________________________
Inspired by being loud when silence subjugates …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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The surface
where kindness reveals
our interdependence
may seem beyond reach
by intolerant voices
We rise
when offer freely
what we hope to receive
_______________________
Inspired by choosing to live joyfully …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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The beat beat
of Discord's Hate
like a symphony of One
silencing the Many
but the rhythmic rhyme
community binds
in counterpoint
finds Love's chord
___________________
Inspired by realising with are Rhythm’s Dancer …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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How Albertans of faith are countering separatist, anti-immigrant sentiment | Broadview Magazine The ‘obnoxious right-wing minority’ has captured the news but not the province’s heart, writes John Pentland

I'm a United Church layperson in Alberta.
I'd really like people to give their opinions on this article.
(And no, I did not write it)
#UCCan #unitedchurch #ABleg

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Upon shore's edge
expectedly awaiting
As distractions & avoidance
excuses & fear
keep us from hearing
We are not only Loved
but intended to be So
______________________
Inspired by reading the Message in the Bottle …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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🌈 A new image has joined the #Rainbow collection! May we celebrate #diversity and #dignity. What motivates you to do good things for others? Share your stories of #Pride, #LGBT, and unity. 🌈
#UCCan #CreativeCommons #ShineOn
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Inspired by navigating time allocated to us well ...

What gifts have been given to you in order to help us all shine?
Once you know what they are, what do you intend to do with them?
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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Siblings
lend not our ears
to lulling apathy
nor rhetoric hateful
Recall
Creation
boldly reminds us
1st we must
be astonished
before acting with care
_________________________
Inspired by astonishment to humbly act …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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I have a question for the theologians of Bsky. Not the deepest, but here we go:

Is the rhetoric of heresy is grounded in a logic of empire? (IIRC, i heard this one a Homebrewed Christianity podcast)

If yes, is there better replacements than simply calling it “bad” or “wrong”?

#theology
#UCCan

Resistance:
Faithful response
to oppression's dehumanising
Our Call's Source
never of Ego
but recognition
that Joy is our why
our Being meant to Be
__________________________
Inspired by the celebration of Joy …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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#MicroPoetry|February ’26 Reflections #ShineOn The #MicroPoetry of the blog began as a creative practice in 2012. Using the confines of twitter's 140 characters, this discipline has been a generative opportunity to use words to poeticall...

✨ Check out the latest #MicroPoetry #Reflections! These short poems & musings hopefully connect heart and mind. 🌱 Take a moment to read, and may inspiration come to you! 🌟
#UCCan #ShineOn #CreativeCommons
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#MicroPoetry|January ’26 Reflections #ShineOn The #MicroPoetry of the blog began as a creative practice in 2012. Using the confines of twitter's 140 characters, this discipline has been a generative opportunity to use words to poeticall...

🌸 February's #MicroPoetry #Reflections are polished & ready for release! Until then, dive into the January Collection.
Which piece speaks to you? ✨
#UCCan #ShineOn #CreativeCommon
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#MicroPoetry|February ’26 Memes Too often it seems that words and images are placed against one another. The gift of a meme, when hopefully done well, is that the word and the visual serve to complement and enhance one another in a ...

🎨 February's #MicroPoetry #Memes are here! Freshly formatted and ready to spark your imagination. Dive in and find the one that speaks to you! ✨
#UCCan #ShineOn #CreativeCommons
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#MicroPoetry|January ’26 Memes Too often it seems that words and images are placed against one another. The gift of a meme, when hopefully done well, is that the word and the visual serve to complement and enhance one another in a ...

🎨 February’s #MicroPoetry #Memes are almost here! Until then, take a peek by exploring the January Collection.
Which creations will captivate you? Share your faves! 🌟
#UCCan #ShineOn #CreativeCommons
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#MicroPoetry|February ’26 Verses Every month I tweet #MicroPoetry! In 140 characters, they are part prayer, thought, reflection, challenge or something in-between. I look forward to sharing them with you and hope that they may lead t...

🌟As this day of possibility unfolds, how are you feeling? Concerns, worries, unexpected joy, or wonder?
📚May February's #Verses inspire you wherever you are & however this day feels.
Share the light, embrace the muse! ✨
#UCCan #ShineOn #CreativeCommons
adeaconsmusing.ca/micropoetry-...

#MicroPoetry|January ’26 Verses Every month I tweet #MicroPoetry! In 140 characters, they are part prayer, thought, reflection, challenge or something in-between. I look forward to sharing them with you and hope that they may lead t...

🎨 February's #MicroPoetry #Verses are on the horizon! While awaiting their release, why not (re)visit the January Collection? Share which verse resonates with you! 🌟
#UCCan #ShineOn #CreativeCommons
adeaconsmusing.ca/micropoetry-...

✨ The latest inspiration has been added to the #ShineOn Collection! As you this day of opportunity, which piece illuminates your journey?🌟
#UCCan #CreativeCommons #ShineOn
adeaconsmusing.ca/gallery-shin...

Gallery|2026 There are the images used throughout 2026 for A Deacon's Musing. I hope that the visuals chosen speak to the words used in each blog. Just as importantly, I hope they not only complement the various m...

📸 February's photos have been added to the 2026 Gallery!
Take a moment to explore the collection and let the images speak to you on this day full of possibilities.
Which one stands out to you?
#UCCan #ShineOn #CreativeCommons
adeaconsmusing.ca/gallery-2026/

#UCCAN

Close up of a left blue eye

Kin
we share Stardust's DNA
Recall from whence we come
we're imbued to vision & dream
& make manifest what otherwise
is mere potentiality
Be bold!
___
Inspired by the responsibility to dream reality into being …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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Lent|The Fast A Lenten Collection Lent: We walk into the gathering danger & doubt surrounding Jesus as he made choices that led to the Cross. This is a time of preparation & reflection. Where

#TBT In this first 2012 Lenten blog, I mused about what introducing a discipline into our lives might reveal.
What's new for you? What's missing? What can you add?
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#Lent2026 #Lent #UCCan
@unitedchurchcda.bsky.social @uccanfoundation.bsky.social

An aerial view of a green labyrinth

The rituals or reverence
which we daily enact
whether in private or public
individually or collectively
speaks to the Universe
Truth Eternal
Love
_____
Inspired by worship’s potential to openly welcome …
#MicroPoetry #140Characters #UCCan #ShineOn
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