Category: E-Retreats

• Friends and Relatives, Cats and Dogs

  How many friends and relatives, cats and dogs does it take to make one’s life wonderful? Hundreds. Maybe thousands. What it takes to make a life wonderful is to learn to appreciate – to be thankful for – the  enrichment each person and pet contributes to one’s life. During the last couple weeks, Mim and…

  Marian

  August 11, 2015

  Celebrations, E-Retreats, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  beer garden, cats and dogs, family reunion, friends and relatives, funeral, Jacobson family reunion, life wonderful, love your neighbor, Mim, Mim Jacobson, Moody’s Pub, neighbor, Roger Hovey, Ruth and Elaine, Ruth Robbins, wonderful life, Zoe

• Reflection on a Good Old Hymn

  Over the past few weeks I’ve been writing reflections on Lenten hymns for our e-retreat entitled “The Scandal of Lent.”  Throughout Lent I plan to write a total of nine reflections about Lenten music, and Pastor Joan will write the same number of reflections about themes presented in the book The Scandal of Lent by…

  Marian

  March 5, 2012

  E-Retreats, Lent, Music, Reflections

  Fanny Crosby, God’s love, Jesus keep me near the cross, Lent, Near the Cross, Neville Peter, reflections, whispering winds

• “I Saw Jesus”

  Early one morning a few days ago, I walked by Emma’s* room on my way to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee. I heard Emma talking, so I stepped inside her room to be sure she was okay. Emma is one of our two assisted living residents. She is 91, has dementia, and…

  Marian

  February 20, 2012

  E-Retreats, Lent, Music, Reflections

  angels, assisted living, e-retreats, God’s love, gospel songs, hymns, Lent, reflections, retreats, spirituals, The Scandal of Lent, visitors from heaven