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Whispering Winds Blog

Taking Time to be still and listen for God

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  • Learning from Another Mistake

    At least I’m trying to learn from my latest mistake. It happened last Thursday. As usual, I went to Messiah to practice the organ for this weekend’s worship service. Mim came along and went to visit a friend who was recovering at home from a recent surgery. When I finished practicing we had a quick…

    Marian

    October 17, 2022
    God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections
    begging, gas money, giving to the needy, God's love, God's patience, helping others, learning, learning lessons, mistake
  • Forgiveness Muscles

    A little over a week ago, Mim and I and my sister-in-law Bonnie went to a half-day conference on the subject of forgiveness. The title of the conference was “A Time to Forgive.” The speaker was Dr. Robert Enright of the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison and founding member of the International Forgiveness…

    Marian

    March 20, 2023
    God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections
    Amish schoolhouse shooting, Charles Roberts, Ephesians 4:32, favorite Bible verse, forgive, forgiveness, forgiveness model, forgiveness muscle, forgiveness process, kind, kindness, MOSES, Robert Enright, West Nickel Mines School
  • Fifty Years!

    Fifty years ago I was 24 years old. I was a college graduate and had two years of experience teaching English at a small town high school. Early in 1973 I accepted a position as an editorial researcher for The World Book Encyclopedia, located right in the middle of downtown Chicago, and I needed to…

    Marian

    February 23, 2023
    Celebrations, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections
    50 years, 50th anniversary, Bible study, Calo's Italian Restaurant, heart-warming highlight, inspiring highlight, living in Chicago, Moody's Pub, New Moms, next door neighbor, World Book, World Book Encyclopedia
  • Abraham Lincoln – as Mim’s Grandfather remembered him

    Last summer Mim spent many days systematically going through boxes and boxes filled with old papers, photos, and books that had belonged to her parents and grandparents. One yellowed newspaper, carefully protected in a waxed paper-like envelope was the Decorah Public Opinion from Decorah, Iowa, dated Wednesday, February 10, 1909. That is the year Abraham…

    Marian

    February 10, 2023
    Blogs, Celebrations, Life’s Challenges, Reflections
    Abraham Jacobson, Abraham Lincoln, court house, court room, Decorah newspaper, Decorah Public Opinion, justice, Lincoln's birthday, Micah 6:8, Mim's grandfather, personal reminiscences, Springfield, Springfield Illinois
  • What did you do yesterday?

    “The Monastic Way,” a monthly brochure written by Joan Chittister, one of my favorite authors, has rejoined my short stack of materials that I pick up to read first thing every morning. This year, Chittister has chosen a single word or a short quote to reflect on every day for a month. “The Monastic Way”…

    Marian

    September 12, 2022
    Goals, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections
    daily readings, Dale Evans, jackknife, Joan Chittister, Live the life of Jesus, pocket knife, prayer, The Monastic Way
  • The Good Samaritan turns 75

    In just a few days, on August 5, 2022, Mim Jacobson will have been accumulating knowledge, wisdom, memories, and all kinds of things for 75 years. In honor of reaching our mid-70s, Mim and I have begun the process of sorting through all our stuff.  In one of our boxes in our basement store room,…

    Marian

    August 2, 2022
    Goals, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections
    Good Samaritan, Health Outreach Program, homeless, homeless youth, hospitality, Laurie Beth Jones, life mission, Mim Jacobson, mission statement, neighbor, Night Ministry, nightlights, The Path, vulnerable
  • An Old Favorite Worth Remembering

    An Old Favorite Worth Remembering When I was a little kid in Sunday School, up to about age 7, I learned and loved all the Sunday School songs, like “Jesus Loves Me,” “Jesus Loves the Little Children,” “This Little Light of Mine,” and so on. But when I turned 8, I started to learn hymns.…

    Marian

    July 26, 2022
    God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Music
    favorite hymn, Hear Our Prayer O Lord, Hymns of Peace and Comfort, Joseph Scriven, Kum Ba Yah, Lord Listen to your children praying, Lord’s Prayer, O Lord Hear My Prayer, postlude, prelude, Take it to the Lord in Prayer, Talking with God through Music, What a Friend We Have in Jesus
  • God winked at me again!

    Author Squire D. Rushnell defined the term Godwink as ”An event or personal experience, often identified as coincidence, so astonishing that it could only have come from divine origin.” Rushnell has written several books where he tells the stories of amazing Godwinks that either he has experienced personally, or that other people have experienced and…

    Marian

    June 24, 2022
    Blogs, Book Recommendations, God’s Love, Reflections
    Adventures in Hospitality, background music, bed and breakfast, breakfast conversation, coincidence, Come Lord Jesus Be Our Guest, Country Comforts, Country Comforts Bed and Breakfast, Godwinks, people we admire, silent prayer, Squire Rushnell, substitute organist, Thank you Lord
  • Music Appreciation 101

    More than 50 years ago, at Wheaton College, I took a 2-credit requirement during my sophomore year, just to get it over with – “Music Appreciation 101.” Although I had grown up learning to play the piano and organ, I had been exposed to little more than lesson books and hymnals. (I also listened to…

    Marian

    May 31, 2022
    Celebrations, Music, Reflections
    Ascension, communicate with God, Improvisations on Negro Spirituals, Mary McDonald, Memorial Day, Mine eyes have seen the glory, music appreciation, Music Appreciation 101, program music, Talking with God through Music, Wheaton College
  • One of My Best Failures

    For those of you who have followed my blog for a long time (I started blogging in April of 2011), you may remember that for several years I chose one word each year to be my special word to think about throughout the whole year. In 2014, I chose the word JOY as my special…

    Marian

    May 9, 2022
    Life’s Challenges, Reflections
    best failure, failure, gift of failure, good failures, gratitude, home-based business, Joan Chittister, joy, monthly word, quitting job, special word, special word of the month, The Monastic Way
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