Tag: funeral

• “Now Thank We All Our God”

  I’m almost done writing the first draft of my next book. My first two books in this series about the stories behind hymns were focused on hymns on a particular theme. My first book was a small book about the stories of 31 hymns that were based on the Psalms. My second book had 51…

  Marian

  November 16, 2020

  Celebrations, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Music, Reflections

  Catherine Winkworth, composer, Corona Virus, Covid-19, funeral, German, Germany, hymn writer, hymns, Martin Rinkart, Now Thank We All Our God, plague, Seasonal Hymns, table prayer, Thanksgiving, Thirty Years War, translator

• A Glimpse of God’s Love

  Last Saturday, Mim and I tried to drive to Chicago, normally about a two and a half hour drive, for a memorial service. Unfortunately, we got only as far as the distant northwest suburbs before we decided to turn around and go home. Although the weather forecast for Chicago was to get only 1 to…

  Marian

  January 16, 2019

  Book Recommendations, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  Austin, Bumping into God, CCHC, Chicago, Circle Christian Health Center, Circle Church, Circle Urban Ministries, Dominic Grassi, funeral, God’s love, Jon Beran, Love of God, memorial service, mom, Mom’s faith, neighborhood, Nita Beran, trusting God

• Ghostly Tricks

  Over the past 14 years, Mim and I have cared for more than twenty elderly people who have lived with us in our home, usually one or two residents at a time. Almost all of them have lived out their last days with us. Some of them lived with us for just a few days,…

  Marian

  November 1, 2016

  Assisted Living, Celebrations, Music, Reflections, Reunions

  Abbey, All Saints Day, All Saints Wall, assisted living, Country Comforts Assisted Living, Doris, first grade teacher, For All the Saints, friendly ghost, funeral, ghost, Halloween, Helen, Konica Minolta printer, laser printer, O When the Saints, pipe organ, postlude, power strip, practical joke, printer/copier, saints, sense of humor, When the Saints Go Marching In

• Consistency vs. Change

  Five years, four months, and one week. That’s how long I’ve been writing weekly blog posts for the Whispering Winds Blog. As of today, that’s 279 posts. I’ve been fortunate enough to have had something to write about every single week without exception. Sometimes the ideas have come from Mim, or Pastor Jeff, or something…

  Marian

  August 9, 2016

  Jail Ministry, Life’s Challenges, Music, Reflections

  change, Circle, Circle Community Health Center, Circle Community Health Fellowship, daily devotional, devotional based on hymns, funeral, inconsistency, Joan Chittister, kindness, making changes, music CD, music project, Philip Yancey, Soul Survivor, virtue of inconsistency, writing project

• Grinning from Ear to Ear

  

  Floey greeted me as I walked in the door. “Hey, Mom, welcome home. But why do you have such a big smile on your face? I thought you were at a funeral.” “You’re right, Floey. I was at a funeral. It was the fifteenth funeral I’ve played the organ for so far this year. It…

  Marian

  September 29, 2015

  God’s Love, Reflections

  compliment, efficient, Filet-of-Fish, Floey, funeral, gratitude, greeting, grining from ear to ear, happiness, McDonalds, meal deal, mission in life, special word, thankful

• 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

• Shopping for a Tombstone

  So far this year I have had the privilege of playing the piano or organ for nine funerals. I typically play for between five and ten funerals a year – and it’s only July! In the 31 days from June 1 through July 1 of this year, I played for five of those funerals. Needless…

  Marian

  July 14, 2015

  Celebrations, Goals, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Music, Reflections

  “I know that my Redeemer lives”, “I love to tell the story”, Archie Monuments, Carl Korth, cemetery, comforting music, Elsie Korth, epitaph, funeral, funeral music, funerals, gravestone, Jimmy Carter, musical requests, praying hands, Through the Year with Jimmy Carter, tombstone, Wormeli

• My Musical Destiny

  Seventeen years ago, Mim and I created a new business called Korth-Jacobson, LLC. Within that business structure we have done lots of different things – from being a bed and breakfast to selling real estate; from doing strategic planning and project management for small businesses to providing music in churches and a pub and other…

  Marian

  June 16, 2015

  Assisted Living, Celebrations, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Music, Reflections

  All Shook Up, assisted living, Aunt Edith, bed and breakfast, Beer Barrel Polka, childhood memories, church music, Country Comforts, Country Comforts Assisted Living, Eleanor Jarlsberg, Elvis Presley, Fireside Theater, funeral, funeral music, gospel music, gospel organist, Gospel pianist, Greatest Hits, Jesus loves me, Korth-Jacobson LLC, Love Me Tender, Lowery electronic organ, Lowery organ, memorial service, musical destiny, Nancy Koplin, Ward Brodt

• Getting Caught Whispering

  On Thursday of last week I played the organ for the funeral of Wayne, a young man, age 64. He was the kid brother of Gary, a classmate of mine. Gary died a few years ago. Gary and Wayne grew up in the house in Cambridge next door to my grandma. We were never close…

  Marian

  April 21, 2015

  Uncategorized

  broaden perspective, Cambridge Historic School, Cambridge schools, church music, custodian, fourth grade, funeral, Gary Spaulding, Mrs. Schuster, volunteer fire department, Wayne Spaulding

• Awful August – except for …

  Does it ever seem like your world is shattered? That life is suddenly broken? For some of my family members, that’s what August has been like this year. I guess I would describe August 2014 along two tracks of events. One track is affecting my broadly extended family. The other track is affecting Mim and…

  Marian

  August 26, 2014

  God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  93-year-old, amazing transformation, broadly extended family, car accident, change in my life, condo sold, Conrad Bender, Ecclesiastes, extended family, family, farmhouse, For everything there is a season, friends, friends and family, funeral, getting organized, God at work, God will take care of you, God’s comforting love, God’s love, God’s presence, God-given gifts, hospice, kind strangers, kindness, life challenges, life changes, life of the farmhouse, listening for God, love your neighbor, next phase, oven cleaner, reflections, retreat, sadness, Sandy Bender, self-cleaning oven, sister-in-law, spiritual retreat center, spirituality, talking with God, time to die, time to mourn, time to weep, track one, whispering winds, Whispering Winds Retreat Haven, will to live