Carol Penner🇨🇦
carolpenner.bsky.social
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.
For the beauty
of the glowing tree,
thanks be to God
#Incandescent
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
For fleeting flaming
moments of beauty,
thanks and praise
to Creator God
#Sunset
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
October 12, 2025 at 1:01 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
October 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
September 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
September 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Because
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
When domestic violence
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
For anyone who thinks
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
As this day
unscrolls,
keep my eyes
peeled
for good fruit,
I pray
to the Lord
#Fruitful
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
Intense Silence
Jessica Desmoulin ~ Ojibwe
n.d.
July 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
For the joy
of apricot season,
thanks & praise
to God
and all
farm workers
#Harvest
July 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
For all
who are thinking
strong thoughts
in the face
of injustice,
hear our prayer
#Wisdom
Strong Thoughts
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
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.
July 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
For political messes
that are so deep
and so wide
and so long,
hear our prayer,
God who specializes
in impossibilities
#BigMess
July 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
For the faithful birds
who sang me to sleep
and whose voices
wake me
in the morning,
thanks be to God
#BirdSong
July 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
When a monarch butterfly
comes to visit
the milkweed plants
you put there
just for them,
thanks be to God
#MagicalMoments
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
For all who
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
Because the time
for peace
doesn’t
have anything
to do with
dropping bombs,
hear our prayer
#ForAllWhoDontWantWar
June 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Lots to pray about
….masked men
are on my mind.
God, can you turn
this ship around?
#TerrorTactics
June 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
For all
who protest
and protect
the vulnerable,
hear our prayer
#California
June 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
For artists
with bold vision
and the capacity
to delight,
thx & praise
to God
#CrochetAway
Artist Magda Sayeg transforms urban landscapes by decorating everyday objects with colorful knit and crochet works #womensart
May 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
For the beauty
of the morning sky
and the fresh
spring breeze,
thanks and praise
to God
#AndBirdsSingPraises
May 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
For all who need
palaces in the sky,
hear our prayer
#JusticeOnEarth
May 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
For the extravagant beauty
of spring,
thanks and praise
to God.
#BlossomsGalore
May 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM