Some people have to go through too much in their lives. On November 12th I lost a good friend and former roommate Robyn. She was 27 years old and died very suddenly of a thrombosis in her leg. These past few days I find myself thinking a lot about her and the time following her death. She was an active member of my church community - a member of the choir and the board. Her loss was felt acutely at church - it really shook us all up that someone who was the picture of health could die so suddenly of natural causes.

My story is: I thought I could actually deepen or grow friendships on Facebook.  I was on there only for about a year and for some reason I thought it would actually help me build up a support network!  Maybe it's possible if you already are very good friends and see each other outside of Facebook.  But, no, for me at least, it just didn't work.  

Time for a Wondercafe Open House in Honour of New Members!

I noticed on the membership page that there are all kinds of new wondercafe members who have joined in the last couple of days/weeks.  I make the mistake of forgetting to welcome these new people to our wondercafe group.  I also sometimes forget that new members might not understand my posts, if I refer to things that happened one or two years ago.

 I ran into a former friend from long ago last week.  Someone I cared for deeply and who, over the span of about fifteen years, broke up our friendship three times, each time very abruptly and harshly, each time with me on the receiving end of the emotional beating...  Why did it happen three times?  Because I really loved this person and wanted her in my life.  Last week we saw each other at a doctor's office and she clearly wanted to chat, was very warm and turning towards me to talk and greet each other.

Hi all-I'm new here and looking to connect with united church or like-minded people in discussions about lots of stuff.

but right now I'm going to make it all about me!

my dear two roomates, God bless them, are hard-nosed, ultra-conservative, fire and brimstone christians who belong to the (I AM NOT EXAGGERATING: slightly fascist) organization known as my university's chapter of Campus for Christ.

they both think the UCC is a tiny, crazy, liberal organization that practically does not qualify as Christian.

Dear Wondercafe Family,

Words are not enough to express my gratitude for your support and love shown to me and the busygang over the past 2 1/2 months since my Dad had a stroke.  At a time when my emotions were all over the place, my heart was heavy and my body was exhausted, I could slump myself into a chair in front of my computer and breathe in the love and warmth that radiated off the screen and into my heart.   Your messages helped and I read them over and over again. 

Hi, I used to be around WC back in the beginning days but certainly not for awhile. I'm doing my masters in Community Development and online groups have been big in discussions as to whether they do qualify as 'communities' or just social networks. I'm curious to hear what you as members have to say about your involvement and how you would classify this particular online group. Thx. 

Hey guys. I'm new and I really need guidance. I'm not sure exactly where to start but please listen because I kind of need...I don't know, advice, prayer, whatever you got.

My friend recently starting dating a new guy from college; this is her first year. I recently found out from another friend of mine that this boyfriend is abusive, controlling, and overall a terrible person; she knows this because her step-sister and another friend of hers dated the same guy. I have talked to him before and he seems so nice so I'm scared to tell my friend from college about what my other friend said. I do not want to harm our friendship. What should I do?