Tag: Near to the Heart of God

• Thinking again about a very old conversation

  

  I still think about something we discussed in one of my college classes that really disturbed me at the time. Almost 50 years later, I still think about it when something triggers the thought. It happened again last week. On January 15, the hymn for the day in the daily devotional book, Near to the…

  Marian

  January 19, 2016

  Assisted Living, Life’s Challenges, Music, Reflections

  Aborigine, Anton Cronk, Cleanse Me, college class, college discussion, Dr. Cronk, Dr. James Edwin Orr, Dr. Orr, Hazel, Hazel Main, J Edwin Orr, Maori, Maori Farewell Song, Maori Melody, music appreciation, musical taste, MusicNotes.com, Near to the Heart of God, Now is the hour, pairing hymn tunes, Psalm 139, reflections, Search me O God, Wheaton College, Willerup Methodist Church

• Amen, Papa, Amen.

  

  My mom used to tell the story about one of her best childhood friends, Ruth Eckblad. Ruth’s father was pastor of the Willerup Methodist Church in Cambridge, Wisconsin for a few years in the early 1900s. One day when Ruth was a little girl, she got tired of sitting in church and being quiet for…

  Marian

  December 29, 2015

  Blogs, Book Recommendations, God’s Love, Music, Reflections

  Amen, Amen Papa, benediction, blessing, family expression, Jeff VandenHeuvel, May God go before you, Meditations on 366 best loved hymns, Messiah Church, Messiah Lutheran Church, Near to the Heart of God, New Year’s blessing, Papa, Pastor Jeff, Robert J Morgan, Ruth Eckblad, special words for 2016, The Lord bless you and keep you, Willerup Methodist Church

• The Goose Family is Home Again! Happy Spring!

  I got up from my desk and walked over to the patio door. “Oh, look, Floey, the Goose Family has returned.” A goose made a big splash as it landed on the water. The honking got even louder as another goose landed. “That looks like Gilbert and Gloria. Let’s go out and welcome them.” “Who…

  Marian

  March 24, 2015

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

  Abbey, Cleland McAfee, Floey, friends, geese, Gilbert Goose, Gloria Goose, God loves us, God’s love, God-given gifts, goose family, Grace Goose, Gregory Goose, hymn sing, joy, kindness, Lent, lenten hymns, Lenten songs, life challenges, listening for God, love your neighbor, nature, Near to the Heart of God, reflections, seasons, spirituality, talking with God, whispering winds