Recent content by GO3838

I do hope to make a lasting impression and strike the right chords, Luce NDs. Retirement last year for me has proven to be definitely the right choice at the right time. But I thought if my days were more flexible and less structured, then time would go by more slowly. It hasn't - time goes by...

If you do a Lenten Study thread, I'll follow and take part. I did a national online Lenten Study last year, but was rather disappointed. Perhaps a Wondercafe2 Lenten Study would suit me better. One of my favorite Lenten studies was 3 years ago: we met on Wednesday evenings for "bring your own...

My children, both in their early 20's, are interested in organized religion. My daughter has been to some of the large fundamentalist-type churches with fellow university students. She says the seats are like movie theatre seats, and the music is very energized, and there are flashing lights and...

I can't remember the last time I was LAST! :) But this is my first time posting on the Last Post Thread as a retiree.

Well thank you, everyone, for the greetings! I feel a bit like the Prodigal Son. Although I honestly have not been squandering time and money like the Prodigal Son - I've just gotten out of the habit of checking Wondercafe2. I'll will try to get back in the habit of checking out Wondercafe2.

I remember my mother had winter blues. She came from Britain, and never got used to the rural Ontario winters. And in the 1970's, very few people had snow blowers. So there she was, a mother of a toddler and baby, stuck at home all day, trying to watch the kids and shovel snow at the same time...

It is quite a busy travel schedule!! Perhaps she feels that she should try to make up for the lack of Moderator travel during the pandemic.

Adults have the right to drink alcohol, smoke tobacco or weed, and vape. However, they do not have the right to consume these products in public places. I think it's so important that children not see recreational drug use as a "normal, social" thing to do. There are children that see alcohol...

I live in a small town of 14,000. We have one giant LCBO at our biggest mall. When cannabis was decriminalized and legalized, I envisioned that our town would now have one giant cannabis store as well. But that didn't happen: we have 7 small cannabis stores, spread around the town. In some...

This year for a Lenten study, we did something very trendy: we watched season one of "The Chosen" and discussed it together. I had never watched "The Chosen" before, and it's really good! It's a biography of Jesus told through the backstories of other characters from scripture, with some...

This year my church is having a "Last Supper" potluck. I think that's a communion service integrated into a potluck supper. So after dinner, we'd pass a piece of bread and a cup of juice, and have the appropriate readings and prayers. I really appreciate a Maundy Thursday service - it sets the...

I would guess, though, that these heavily pregnant women weren't playing for 12 hours a day, at least 3 days in a row. I believe it would have been at least a 3 days' walk from Nazareth to Bethlehem. And I do not want to derail this thread into arguing with men and women as to how much...

You know I'd never noticed that? Every nativity movie shows Mary on a donkey, but I'd never noticed that it's not in scripture. However, Mary was heavily pregnant, and not able to walk the whole way. It stands to reason that she didn't walk. And we know Joseph didn't drive her in a Honda...

Donkeys were for 'poorer people." Wealthy, important people rode on magnificent horses, while the poor could only afford donkeys. And one point not mentioned here is that pregnant Mary rode a donkey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and I do think that's a significant link. The donkeys in both Jesus'...

Good, thank you! I've been focusing on my fitness, and going to the pool more and blogging less (one reason why I haven't been on WC2 for awhile.) And these days, being an Ontario high school teacher means doing more and more! (Another reason why I haven't been on WC2.) But I always think of...