Tag: neighborhood

• The Message of a Kaleidoscope

  As soon as I got home from playing at the Presbyterian Church in Cambridge on Sunday, Mim, Floey, and I hopped into the car and drove to Chicago for a late lunch at the Buffalo Ice Cream Parlor. This was a special weekend.  Forty-seven years ago I accepted a new job as an editorial researcher…

  Marian

  February 4, 2020

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

  Bible study, Buffalo Ice Cream Parlor, Chicago, do justice, first apartment, kaleidoscope, Logan Square, Love Kindness, Mim, Montrose Harbor, Mornings with Jesus, neighborhood, reminiscing, walk humbly with your God, what does the Lord require of you

• 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

• It’s Complicated, Floey. But Kindness is what matters.

  “Floey, you’re barking so loud I can’t think. What’s wrong?” “Don’t you see him, Mom? Look. Across the pond. A stranger is walking along our trail. What do you think he’s up to? He doesn’t belong here!” “Oh, I see him. That must be the trapper our neighbor Tom told me about.” “What??? A trapper!…

  Marian

  February 21, 2017

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

  barking, complicated, Fill us with your love, fish, Floey, God will take care of you, goose family, Jesu, Jesu Jesu Fill Us with Your Love, neighbor, neighborhood, otter, pond, refugee, relocate, trapper