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Pious Petunia Lifts Us Gently Over a Candy-Coated Lenten Threshold

Miss P recommends relaxed bemusement at the strained and unnecessary efforts of some Christians to claw back holy meaning for Ash Wednesday out of the lacey pink clutches of commercialized romance.

Debra RienstraFebruary 10, 2024

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Pious Petunia Starts a Podcast

Oh I believe we must focus still more on sins. The Heidelberg Catechism has much to say in Lord’s Day 34 to 44.

Debra RienstraJuly 8, 2023

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Where Angels Fear to Tread

“I’m angry. I’m sad. I feel as if we’ve reached the end of an era with this bunch, and I don’t know what’s next.”

Debra RienstraJune 10, 2023

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An Inspiring Message about Palm Sunday

Wow, I didn’t know that Palm Sunday was about openness, inclusion, and tolerance. Something to reflect on, I guess. What about that donkey, shall we reflect on the donkey, too?

Debra RienstraApril 1, 2023

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The Re-Gifts of the Magi: A Tiny Christmas Fantasia

A journey to who-knows-where to see who-knows-what without the proper supplies. We’re crazy.

Debra RienstraDecember 24, 2022

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Overheard at AngelPAC: Conference of the Angels of the Churches

In a vast, blazingly bright atrium, crowds of church angels mill about, carrying tote bags emblazoned with the AngelPAC logo. A huge banner draped across the entrance to the auditorium reads “Angel Protectors in Action for Change: Nth Annual Symposium.”

Debra RienstraApril 2, 2022

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A Brief Memo from the Office of Young Human Affairs

Anyway, our team has heard that you young people are getting really discouraged about, you know, everything. So we decided to reach out and have a little chat.

Debra RienstraNovember 20, 2021

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Last-Minute Gifts to Make a Bummer Pandemic Holiday Slightly Better

Well, you can tell Mom and Dad that “you” will indeed be present. And “you” will have lost a great deal of weight. And they are free to hug “you” all they want. Send ‘em a full-size cardboard cutout of you for only $131.99 plus…

Debra RienstraDecember 19, 2020

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An Interview with the Planet Earth: Outlook for a Biden Presidency

Earth: Look, I try not to pay much attention to human politics. I have so much to do, what with plate techtonics and weather systems and sustaining various kingdoms and phyla of creatures. Plus I operate on loooooong time scales, you know? Still, my current…

Debra RienstraNovember 14, 2020

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Pious Petunia Copes with COVID Quarantining

For all the complaints about how exhausting Zoom meetings are, they do offer fresh opportunities to bond with your coworkers—or get revenge on them, as needed.

Debra RienstraAugust 22, 2020

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Pious Petunia Lifts Us Gently Over a Candy-Coated Lenten Threshold

Pious Petunia Starts a Podcast

Where Angels Fear to Tread

An Inspiring Message about Palm Sunday

The Re-Gifts of the Magi: A Tiny Christmas Fantasia

Overheard at AngelPAC: Conference of the Angels of the Churches

A Brief Memo from the Office of Young Human Affairs

Last-Minute Gifts to Make a Bummer Pandemic Holiday Slightly Better

An Interview with the Planet Earth: Outlook for a Biden Presidency

Pious Petunia Copes with COVID Quarantining

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