Tag: jail ministry

• Owning My Name

  My name is Marian. I never had a nickname. That’s too bad, because I never liked my name. I first struggled with my name in kindergarten, as I described in my blog a couple weeks ago. My teacher, Miss Polly, tried to spell it with an “o” instead of an “a” and I knew she…

  Marian

  September 10, 2012

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

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• Getting Together with God and Some Friends in Jail

  Last Thursday I had a glimpse into some of the unfairness and viciousness experienced by the women spending time in the county jail. As usual, I went through security to get into the jail and walked down the long hallway to the chapel to play the piano for the women’s worship service. Chaplain Julia was…

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  July 15, 2012

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

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• Great Expectations for this week – 7 of them!

  For several weeks now, a friend of mine has been posting a list of three things she’s thankful for each day. Usually the lists are just that – three words or short phrases in a simple list format – just a quick statement of things she’s particularly thankful for that day. That practice got me…

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  July 2, 2012

  Blogs, Celebrations, Jail Ministry, Music, Reflections, Uncategorized

  blogging, church music, getting organized, goals, God’s love, great expectations, great-great-nephew, jail ministry, life challenges, life changes, Messiah Lutheran Church, monday mornings, past and future, personal retreat, pipe organ, reflections, retreats, safe travel, website changes, weekend guests, whispering winds, writing retreat

• I Remember Cheating God

  I’m still thinking about an old memory that came to mind a couple weeks ago during the women’s worship service at the county jail. I was there as a volunteer to play the piano, as usual, and participated in the whole worship experience with the inmates. One of the scriptures that we read was Acts…

  Marian

  June 25, 2012

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

  cheating, cheating God, childhood memories, dimes, God’s love, jail ministry, life challenges, offering, reflections, sarah young, spirituality, two dimes

• Being Thankful Today – not just on Thanksgiving

  Today’s about as far from Thanksgiving as you can be in a year, but I want to talk about being thankful anyway. Being thankful was on my mind a lot last week. On Thursday, I went to the county jail again to play the piano for the women inmate’s worship service. During the testimony time,…

  Marian

  May 21, 2012

  Book Recommendations, Celebrations, God’s Love, Jail Ministry, Life’s Challenges, Nature, Reflections

  asparagus, book recommendation, daily gratitude, farmhouse, God’s love, goldfinch, gratitude, jail ministry, life challenges, Mother’s Day, nina lesowitz, reflections, rose bed, roses, seasons, spirituality, thankful, Thanksgiving, whispering winds

• God’s Love Made Visible

  [Copied from first blog. Originally posted December 19, 2011.] I experienced another God-wink last week. It was Thursday afternoon and I was in the county jail to play the piano for the women’s worship service. There were nine of us sitting in a circle in the chapel – the chaplain, myself, and seven inmates. After…

  Marian

  December 30, 2011

  Christmas, Jail Ministry

  God’s love, God-wink, jail ministry, parental rights