Author Archives: Nancy

We all know that death is part of life. As a friend put it, “We all all one breath away from death from the moment of our birth.” Sometimes death comes as welcome relief when a person is old and … Continue reading →

Well, like many people around the world I am finding myself quite besotted with the television! I am not able to watch the live action from Sochi, the time change means that this happens on while I am at work. … Continue reading →

Well, any of you who know me know that birthday’s are big in my view. I think birthdays should be well celebrated and I make sure people know when my birthday is coming up so that I am guaranteed lots … Continue reading →

February 14th and the world is frothing with pink and red paper hearts. Flowers fly out the florist door and chocolates pile on tables and desks.Valentine’s Day brings out the romantic – or at least the dutiful (!) – as … Continue reading →

Ten years- that’s right, only ten years since that ubiquitous facet of our day-to-day living was developed. Facebook started ten years ago by the college upstarts who wanted a way to build a social network, or to connect with girls! … Continue reading →

Monday night I went to see the movie Enough Said starring James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. It is a charming smart little movie with good humour and clever twists. It was Gandolfini’s last movie and it underlined how tragic it … Continue reading →

Today is “Let’s Talk” day, a day sponsored by Bell Canada to bring the concerns about Mental Health into the spotlight for at least today. It is a day when high-profiled Olympic athlete Clara Hughes brings to the public the … Continue reading →

The Practice of Testimony: people standing up in community worship and telling stories about how they have experienced God. It is an old-fashioned word – testimony – but it is finding new life here at BUC. Last Sunday was the … Continue reading →

A post two days in a row! Don’t get your hopes up … it is not going to happen on a regular basis. It has occurred to me today is Wednesday – the middle of the week; today is the … Continue reading →

Hello dear readers, so sorry I have been awol for a while. I think I had a Christmas hang-over – not the real kind of hang-over but just a too much festive activity, too many commitments and too many decorations … Continue reading →