Tag: inmates

• Let Me Introduce My Neighbors to You

  

  When I was a little girl growing up on a Wisconsin farm, I thought of four families as being our neighbors: the farmers across the road just west of us – the Henry Henderson family; the farmers who lived on the farm immediately south of us – The Mulcaheys; the farmers just east of us…

  Marian

  February 9, 2016

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

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• Remembering my “times” in Jail

  

  The last couple weeks I’ve been spending a lot of my time working on a new booklet, “Stories from JAIL Ministry: Personal Reflections of a Volunteer.” I recently agreed to speak about the Jail Ministry at a potluck luncheon of the senior citizen club of our church, Messiah Lutheran Church in Madison. Since I like…

  Marian

  October 20, 2015

  God’s Love, Jail Ministry, Reflections

  Bread for the Journey, church music, Dane County Jail, Henri Nouwen, incarcerated women, inmates, jail, jail booklet, jail ministry, Madison Area Lutheran Council, MALC, Personal Reflections of a Volunteer, Stories from Jail Ministry, unlikely body of people

• Observing Holy Week – Jail Style

  Last Thursday I participated in the women’s worship service at the county jail. I’ll be doing the same thing again this Thursday, Maundy Thursday. Women inmates have the opportunity to go to worship once every other week. The women from half the cell blocks are given the opportunity one week, the other half the next…

  Marian

  March 31, 2015

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

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• Imagine you have just been arrested! Now what?

  Imagine you have just been arrested – for a crime that you may or may not have committed. Your life has suddenly been put on hold – for who knows how long. You may have small children at home. Who will care for them? You may have a job. What will happen to that? Think…

  Marian

  June 3, 2014

  Jail Ministry, Life’s Challenges, Music, Reflections

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