Tag: New Moms

• Fifty Years!

  Fifty years ago I was 24 years old. I was a college graduate and had two years of experience teaching English at a small town high school. Early in 1973 I accepted a position as an editorial researcher for The World Book Encyclopedia, located right in the middle of downtown Chicago, and I needed to…

  Marian

  February 23, 2023

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

  50 years, 50th anniversary, Bible study, Calo's Italian Restaurant, heart-warming highlight, inspiring highlight, living in Chicago, Moody's Pub, New Moms, next door neighbor, World Book, World Book Encyclopedia

• Is It Over Yet?

  Thanksgiving. Is it over yet? There are two parts to the word. THANKS: I think we did that last Thursday. And today is GIVING Tuesday. So we’re finishing up with THANKS-GIVING today. Good. It’s not over yet. I still have time to blog about “Thanksgiving.”  I spent the first and third weeks of November this…

  Marian

  November 27, 2018

  Celebrations, Music, Reflections

  Casita Copan, Christmas Mountain, Come Ye Thankful People Come, family of God, favorite charities, Giving Tuesday, God’s family, Henry Alford, hymn reflections, New Moms, parable, Parable of the Seed, Parable of the Wheat and Tares, Thanksgiving

• My Cohort in Big Adventures

  In the middle of my 11-day getaway a couple weeks ago, I drove home to Cambridge to have Sunday brunch with Mim and my other cohort in big adventures, Ellen Kogstad. Ellen was in Wisconsin for a wedding, so I jumped at the chance to have a few hours together to catch up on our…

  Marian

  May 12, 2015

  God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, New Year, Personal Retreats, Reflections, Reunions

  bed and breakfast, big adventures, CCHC, Circle Christian Health Center, cohort, cohort in big adventures, Ellen Kogstad, Emily Bray, farmhouse, grand adventures, gratitude, homeless teen moms, life changes, New Moms, New Moms Inc., North Park Seminary, spiritual formation, spiritual retreat center, Sunday brunch, teen moms, Transformation Center, whispering winds, Whispering Winds Retreat Haven