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Hi ninja, thanks for starting this. I have ideas about what I want to talk about.......I need to think a bit about it first. I also have a bunch of things to do today, so may not be around much.

Hi no questions yet.  Just popping in to say hi.

Hi to all, and thanks to ninja from me too!

A friendly hello from me too.

Waves at everyone.  Great to see you here!  I'm really looking forward to seeing you start topics and being able to read your posts..

I'm a bit nervous.  I hope RF hasn't ruined my confidence. 

also - Hello!

Just stepping through the door.  Thanks for inviting me in.  I'm winding up my Bible study on the Gospel of John in Church life.  This may be the place for me right now.  Shalom everyone.

Shalom seeler!  Are you going to Conference this year?  I remember you went last year, although I didn't see your post until after the fact.  What a fantastic experience, I really loved Val's reflection in the closing worship service.  I didn't experience much else of the main Conference though, since I was there as an IaC facilitator.  And I'm on the IaC planning team this year so likely won't see much of Conference itself this year either.  But if you see the Intermediates milling around, I will be with them!

Sorry Artemisia - I have decided to skip conference this year.  With my daughter's illness I haven't been able to plan much in advance.  I am tentatively registered for the Atlantic Seminar in Theological Education with Borg and Vosper in Truro in June.  I'm am hopeing I can get away for that.   A lot will depend on Seelergirl's chemo treatments, how they are spaced, and how sick she will be.   But if I make it, I hope to connect with some WonderCafe people there. 

Hi All,

Just to let you know I've become one of your number.

At this stage of my life spirituality has a prominence in my life. I am a seeker after the truth.

I've progressed to a stage that a literal interpretation of scripture isn't satisfactory for me. (But I don't have a problem with others who do.)

By taking part here - rather than the Religion and Faith forum - I'm hoping to avoid  pointless conflict and "oneupmanship".

When it comes to spirituality, my opening comment is that it's something I experience rather than believe.

Greetings everyone!

And you deftly identified the 'raison d'etre"  for this group, Pilgrim.  Hopefully everyone here so far is in complete agreement.

So good to see you here, CityofGod.

I'm so looking forward to your topics and your posts.

(Kind of like moving into a new house, in a way...)

Well, this is neet. Love your new avatar Pilgrims, very pretty!

Greetings to all!  Just wanted to drop a line to say I will be absent for a bit while I ponder the following...

Probably everyone else already knew this, but I myself have only recently become aware that WonderCafe threads are posted on Facebook.  I'm not sure how comfortable I am with that.  Not that I need to hide my identity for any particular reason, but I do value my online privacy and have some concerns with the two online communities - WC and FB - being connected.  I like the anonymity of WonderCafe, so am not entirely sure I want to continue on WC in light of this crossover with Facebook, where I *exist* under my real name.  But maybe I'll be ok with the idea once I've thought about it for a little while.

I didn't know that WC and FB were connected. How can that happen?

I think FB is taking over, and I do not like that idea.

Northwind, the page on Facebook may have been around for a while, but I only discovered it recently.  I am quite concerned about privacy, since the WC page has links to various forum topics and shows the user names and avatars.

I recently noticed the feed about WC on facebook and also have real concerns.  I'm pondering voicing those concerns to admin.  I wish I'd been able to agree to this or not.

Thanks for the heads up, Artemisia.

I must admit I'm kind of struggling to figure out why I am so uneasy about the facebook feed...I am fully aware that what's on the internet is public and eternal, so to speak.  And in real life I am open about my faith and my personal stories, so not sharing anything here that I wouldn't share in real.  But for whatever reason, it seems to bother me that WC and facebook are connected.

Facebook is definately a concern. I just watched a factful video about them that almost had me properly deleting my account there. I went to the WC page on Facebook a couple months ago and saw that at least MY avatar did not show, just my username...but that may have changed now. I guessed that people's avatars only showed if they are "fans" of Wondercafe on Facebook, which I am not. Facebook is getting ever more open about privacy, in that there is less and less of it. I see no reason for WC to be posting threads on Facebook.

What bothered me about WC on Facebook was making public on Facebook, WC threads.

I would have thought WC admin would have checked with the thread originator if they were happy for their thread to be on Facebook? (After all, the original poster's intention was just to put the thread on wondercafe).

Personally, I'd prefer my wondercafe threads to be just on wondercafe.

I'm not on FaceBook, but I am shocked that this is happening.  I guess that just as many people can and do quote other sources on the Cafe, others are picking up and quoting threads from the Cafe on FaceBook.  Is there any way to block this, to stop it from happening.

Other than getting a lot more exposure, is there any real harm?  I don't know.  It makes me uneasy to think that something I say (perhaps something sensitive about illness or my family) might be out there for anyone to read.  But, even on the Cafe anyone can open and read threads at any time without joining or having a password.  So whether people are reading these threads on WonderCafe or FaceBook they are available to the general public. 

Awhile back, I tightened up my security settings on facebook.  Unless someone's a friend, none of my info is available.  Don't know if that helps.  Also, I only use "ninjafaery" here and have only shared my name in a few wondermails. 

This is interesting.  I have my facebook account set as Ninja does so that only friends can see it.

Just pondering the fact that I've shared some personal things on wondercafe around my orientation - and I'm not out to more than a few friends in real life.  None of those friends are on facebook.  So in that sense wouldn't want friends on facebook reading what I write on wondercafe - even if the odds are slim that they'd put things together.

Hmmm.....

TL

Hello! I am new to this site and am very much looking forward to discussion with this group! I am struggling with my relationship with spirituality and God. 

When I was quite young, my family attended a United Church, then moved to a Pentecostal Church for most of my childhood.  I 'slipped' away from the church, and for the most part, my relationship with God during my late teens and my 20s - something that I have been told is actually quite common.  So here I am in my mid-30s, a new wife and hopefully future mother...I suppose the 30s really are about rediscovery and finding one's purpose!

Thanks for reading! Looking forward to great discussion!