Carol Penner🇨🇦
@carolpenner.bsky.social
A Mennonite pastor teaching theology at Conrad Grebel University College. Fan of the Niagara Peninsula. Trying to pray as the Spirit leads. she/her.
God, it’s a new year.
What new experiences, knowledge, people
will you bring into my life in 2026?
Help me make good choices.
My first good choice is asking you
to be my constant companion.
By my side, in my heart, my protection by day and night.
Let’s go.
Day 1 of this new year.
#daily-prayer
What new experiences, knowledge, people
will you bring into my life in 2026?
Help me make good choices.
My first good choice is asking you
to be my constant companion.
By my side, in my heart, my protection by day and night.
Let’s go.
Day 1 of this new year.
#daily-prayer
January 2, 2026 at 1:10 AM
God, it’s a new year.
What new experiences, knowledge, people
will you bring into my life in 2026?
Help me make good choices.
My first good choice is asking you
to be my constant companion.
By my side, in my heart, my protection by day and night.
Let’s go.
Day 1 of this new year.
#daily-prayer
What new experiences, knowledge, people
will you bring into my life in 2026?
Help me make good choices.
My first good choice is asking you
to be my constant companion.
By my side, in my heart, my protection by day and night.
Let’s go.
Day 1 of this new year.
#daily-prayer
December 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
December 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
December 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
You gather our stories in your arms
and on this longest night, you hold them and us.
Hope shines like an infinitely distant star,
like a star over Bethlehem,
shining over towering concrete walls
and machine gun battlements,
shining over the pain of this battered world.
tinyurl.com/j52a46aj
and on this longest night, you hold them and us.
Hope shines like an infinitely distant star,
like a star over Bethlehem,
shining over towering concrete walls
and machine gun battlements,
shining over the pain of this battered world.
tinyurl.com/j52a46aj
December 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
You gather our stories in your arms
and on this longest night, you hold them and us.
Hope shines like an infinitely distant star,
like a star over Bethlehem,
shining over towering concrete walls
and machine gun battlements,
shining over the pain of this battered world.
tinyurl.com/j52a46aj
and on this longest night, you hold them and us.
Hope shines like an infinitely distant star,
like a star over Bethlehem,
shining over towering concrete walls
and machine gun battlements,
shining over the pain of this battered world.
tinyurl.com/j52a46aj
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
For all who have
empty bank accounts
and empty cupboards,
and for places where war
or capricious weather
meant there was
no harvest this year,
hear our prayer.
Give us generous hearts
to meet the needs
of our hungry neighbours.
#GiveThanksThroughGenerosity
empty bank accounts
and empty cupboards,
and for places where war
or capricious weather
meant there was
no harvest this year,
hear our prayer.
Give us generous hearts
to meet the needs
of our hungry neighbours.
#GiveThanksThroughGenerosity
October 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For all who have
empty bank accounts
and empty cupboards,
and for places where war
or capricious weather
meant there was
no harvest this year,
hear our prayer.
Give us generous hearts
to meet the needs
of our hungry neighbours.
#GiveThanksThroughGenerosity
empty bank accounts
and empty cupboards,
and for places where war
or capricious weather
meant there was
no harvest this year,
hear our prayer.
Give us generous hearts
to meet the needs
of our hungry neighbours.
#GiveThanksThroughGenerosity
For this year’s harvest,
for food on the table
and in the pantry,
for grocery stores stocked
and full granaries,
thanks be to God
#Thanksgiving
for food on the table
and in the pantry,
for grocery stores stocked
and full granaries,
thanks be to God
#Thanksgiving
October 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
For this year’s harvest,
for food on the table
and in the pantry,
for grocery stores stocked
and full granaries,
thanks be to God
#Thanksgiving
for food on the table
and in the pantry,
for grocery stores stocked
and full granaries,
thanks be to God
#Thanksgiving
Because
my garden
is a source
of joy
and hard work
and frustration,
(basically like life),
thanks be to God.
#KeepOnGrowing
my garden
is a source
of joy
and hard work
and frustration,
(basically like life),
thanks be to God.
#KeepOnGrowing
'My Garden...' by Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary artist and printmaker #WomensArt
September 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Because
my garden
is a source
of joy
and hard work
and frustration,
(basically like life),
thanks be to God.
#KeepOnGrowing
my garden
is a source
of joy
and hard work
and frustration,
(basically like life),
thanks be to God.
#KeepOnGrowing
When domestic violence
is legitimated
and trivialized
in the highest places,
hear our prayer
#AssaultIsAssault
is legitimated
and trivialized
in the highest places,
hear our prayer
#AssaultIsAssault
Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"
September 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
When domestic violence
is legitimated
and trivialized
in the highest places,
hear our prayer
#AssaultIsAssault
is legitimated
and trivialized
in the highest places,
hear our prayer
#AssaultIsAssault
For anyone who thinks
they can do
whatever they want to do,
who is over four years old,
hear our prayer
#Consequences
they can do
whatever they want to do,
who is over four years old,
hear our prayer
#Consequences
August 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
For anyone who thinks
they can do
whatever they want to do,
who is over four years old,
hear our prayer
#Consequences
they can do
whatever they want to do,
who is over four years old,
hear our prayer
#Consequences
August 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Can we hear
the cries
of the starving people
in Gaza?
Hear our prayer,
for peaceful access
to humanitarian aid today,
God our provider.
#SilentPrayerForGaza
the cries
of the starving people
in Gaza?
Hear our prayer,
for peaceful access
to humanitarian aid today,
God our provider.
#SilentPrayerForGaza
Intense Silence
Jessica Desmoulin ~ Ojibwe
n.d.
Jessica Desmoulin ~ Ojibwe
n.d.
July 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Can we hear
the cries
of the starving people
in Gaza?
Hear our prayer,
for peaceful access
to humanitarian aid today,
God our provider.
#SilentPrayerForGaza
the cries
of the starving people
in Gaza?
Hear our prayer,
for peaceful access
to humanitarian aid today,
God our provider.
#SilentPrayerForGaza
July 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Strong Thoughts
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2024
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2024
July 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Because we need
to remember
what happens
when people
are rounded up
by thugs
and put
in camps,
hear our prayer
#AlligatorAlcatraz
to remember
what happens
when people
are rounded up
by thugs
and put
in camps,
hear our prayer
#AlligatorAlcatraz
5 July 1910 | Czech Jewish woman, Stela Ehrlichová, was born.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 January 1943 with her daughter Aviva. They did not survive.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 January 1943 with her daughter Aviva. They did not survive.
July 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Because we need
to remember
what happens
when people
are rounded up
by thugs
and put
in camps,
hear our prayer
#AlligatorAlcatraz
to remember
what happens
when people
are rounded up
by thugs
and put
in camps,
hear our prayer
#AlligatorAlcatraz
When a monarch butterfly
comes to visit
the milkweed plants
you put there
just for them,
thanks be to God
#MagicalMoments
comes to visit
the milkweed plants
you put there
just for them,
thanks be to God
#MagicalMoments
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
When a monarch butterfly
comes to visit
the milkweed plants
you put there
just for them,
thanks be to God
#MagicalMoments
comes to visit
the milkweed plants
you put there
just for them,
thanks be to God
#MagicalMoments
For all who
lie in bed tonight
wondering
if a bomb
or missile
will kill them
and their loved ones,
hear our prayer
#BanTheBomb
lie in bed tonight
wondering
if a bomb
or missile
will kill them
and their loved ones,
hear our prayer
#BanTheBomb
June 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
For all who
lie in bed tonight
wondering
if a bomb
or missile
will kill them
and their loved ones,
hear our prayer
#BanTheBomb
lie in bed tonight
wondering
if a bomb
or missile
will kill them
and their loved ones,
hear our prayer
#BanTheBomb
Because the time
for peace
doesn’t
have anything
to do with
dropping bombs,
hear our prayer
#ForAllWhoDontWantWar
for peace
doesn’t
have anything
to do with
dropping bombs,
hear our prayer
#ForAllWhoDontWantWar
June 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Because the time
for peace
doesn’t
have anything
to do with
dropping bombs,
hear our prayer
#ForAllWhoDontWantWar
for peace
doesn’t
have anything
to do with
dropping bombs,
hear our prayer
#ForAllWhoDontWantWar