Today it’s not about Revenue Canada or the lockdown, per sé. It’s about paying tribute to fewer & fewer individuals, and more & more memories of individuals…
Today is Remembrance Day…
Continue readingLockdown #2 – Day 13: We Remember
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Lockdown #2 – Day 12: Empty Streets
I’m beginning this post as I’m on hold with the Canada Revenue Agency (Canada’s IRS). I was on hold for 15minutes, summarized my inquiry to an agent, then was on hold for another 15 minutes while they researched my history. That’s when the call dropped.
I’m on hold again and the estimated wait time is 30-40minutes. Seriously #RevenueCanada!? 😦
Let talk about something more upbeat… like lockdown in France – LOL!
Continue readingLockdown #2 – Day 11: Online Classes
Mondays are typically my longest teaching days.
2 hours of driving,
3 contact hours with students,
1 hour of lunch,
3 more teaching hours,
2 hours driving home.
Today, thanks to confinement, they day looked very different…
Continue readingLockdown #2 – Day 10: Online Church
Think about it… did you ever really think that we’d come to a time where ‘attending‘ church online would be not just a question of convenience… but rather of necessity?
Well… here we are!
Continue readingLockdown #2 – Day 9: (Urban) Renewal
As the world continues to, to varying degrees, hold its collective breath, awaiting some kind of resolution to the drawn out election process in the USA, the sun rises on another Saturday morning in France.
I didn’t do a post yesterday and in previous ‘daily series’ runs, I’ve tried silly to ensure there was one every day. Yesterday came & went and no post. I’m not going to stress about … Not sure about you, but I’m quite convinced that, in some areas, I have higher expectations of myself and extend lesser grace than is really healthy.
Let get on with today’s quick look…
Continue readingLockdown #2 – Day 7: Uncertainty
Here we are, one week in. In some ways it doesn’t feel like a lockdown, in otherways, it really does.
Classes resumed after their autumn break meaning I had to get used to yet another video-conference app because classes resumed remotely. Up to this point I’d done ZOOM and Microsoft Teams, but this week it was Cisco Webex. Honestly… enough new technology already! 🙂
Let’s get to something a little less hair-raising…
Continue readingLockdown #2 – Day 6: a Departure
We got news yesterday that someone near and dear to the church in Châtellerault passed from this life to eternity, but the Lord heard her prayers.
Continue readingLockdown #2 – Day 5: #Election2020
Given what’s going on in France today, I suppose I could also have entitled this post: Babysteps in absurdity, but we’ll leave it as is, since what’s reflected by the existing title will impact the world more than ‘Babysteps…’
Let me tell you what’s happening in France today, then I’ll share a few thoughts on the Election.
Continue readingLockdown #2 – Day 4: Youth Convention
It’s always a toss-up. For the French, it’s considered the National Youth Convention. Because it meets a need on a broader European level and typically attracts young people from our churches all around western Europe, it’s also known as, informally, as the European Youth Convention.
It too was impacted by the national lockdown, but thanks to technology… it was also a highlight of our weekend.
Continue readingLockdown #2 – Day 3: No Books?
Here’s an unexpected victim of the Covid-19 confinement: Book sales.
As of yesterday at least it was not easy to purchase physical books in this country.
Let me explain…
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