Tag: Bible Camp

• Getting Serious about a Bucket List

  The term “bucket list” came into widespread use after the 2007 movie Bucket List was released, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The movie was about two old men who each had a terminal cancer diagnosis. Together they decided to do everything they could on their lists of “things to do before I kick the…

  Marian

  September 11, 2019

  Book Recommendations, bucket list, Goals, God’s Love, Group Retreats, Reflections

  Bible Camp, bucket list, Church of the Brethren, common good, conference, Drew Hart, Joan Chittister, Ken Medema, Lake Junaluska, National Older Adults Conference, NOAC, North Carolina, spontaneous, Ted Swartz

• Reflections on a Musical Memory

  Last week Mim and I spent four days at our Christmas Mountain timeshare in Wisconsin Dells. Four days is the longest we’ve been away together in years. We had a wonderful time, just relaxing and being thankful we could celebrate our one year wedding anniversary. As I was enjoying my first real vacation day on…

  Marian

  September 23, 2014

  Music, Reflections

  Amazing Grace, Beer Barrel Polka, Bible Camp, choosing music, Christmas Mountain, electronic organ, fairness, farmhouse, God-given gifts, He Giveth More Grace, Jonah, Lowery organ, Music Store, Ninevah, Old Rugged Cross, Open My Eyes, Parable of the Laborers, pump organ, reed organ, reflections, spirituality, The Old Rugged Cross, upright piano, WardBrodt, WardBrodt Music Store, Willerup, Willerup Bible Camp

• Let’s Celebrate!

  To forget to celebrate is to forget to imitate the God who created us and then relaxed and said, “that’s Good.”[Joan Chittister, OSB, “The Monastic Way,” July 2012] The theme of Joan Chittister’s little devotional pamphlet, “The Monastic Way,” for the month of July has been “celebrating life.” When I first pulled the pamphlet out…

  Marian

  July 30, 2012

  Celebrations, God’s Love, Music, Nature, Reflections

  anniversary celebration, Bible Camp, celebrations, daily devotions, Edith Kenseth, Edith Kenseth Chapel, God’s love, Gospel pianist, hymn sing, Joan Chittister, Lake Ripley, Monastic Way, Naked Ladies, nature, Organ for Eight, reflections, Resurrection Lily, Sinsinawa, spirituality, whispering winds, Willerup, Willerup Park Bible Camp