Tag: helping others

• 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

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• Helping Someone

  Last Thursday I participated in the worship service in the County Jail again. There were 11 of us women sitting together in the circle – the chaplain, myself, and nine inmates. The New Testament reading was the last chapter of Romans. We went around the circle, each of us reading one verse. Here’s how the…

  Marian

  January 28, 2013

  God’s Love, Jail Ministry, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  change in my life, God’s love, helping others, helping someone, jail ministry, kindness, life calling, life challenges, life changes, listening for God, love your neighbor, ministry, personal ministry, reflections, spirituality, talking with God

• Remembering My Mom – and Yesterday’s Sermon – on Memorial Day

  My earliest memory of Memorial Day is going to the cemetery with my mom to put flowers on the graves of my grandparents. I remember asking her, “Why are we putting flowers on their graves? They weren’t soldiers.” And she responded, “Memorial Day is for remembering everyone we love who has died.” With that conversation…

  Marian

  May 28, 2012

  Life’s Challenges, Reflections, Uncategorized

  God’s love, helping others, life challenges, Memorial Day, ministry, new insights, old letters, personal ministry, reflections, seasons, spirituality, whispering winds