Tag: retreat

• My Sister Nancy

  Today, November 14, would have been my sister Nancy’s 82nd birthday. She died eleven years ago, just a few days after her 71st birthday. (My age now.) I was alone at our Christmas Mountain timeshare when she died unexpectedly. Mim called me with the shocking and sad news. I spent the rest of my retreat…

  Marian

  November 14, 2019

  God’s Love, Music, Personal Retreats, Reflections

  big sister, birthday, Christmas Mountain, Hymns of Peace and Comfort, Nancy, Nancy Kornelsen, retreat, role model, sister, Talking with God through Music

• Progress

  Last week I was at our Christmas Mountain timeshare in Wisconsin Dells again for a 4-day, solitary getaway. I packed heavier than usual this time. It took me 9 trips to bring everything from the car into the condo. I had one small suitcase with a few clothes, 3 briefcases full of books and notebooks,…

  Marian

  May 2, 2017

  Music, Reflections

  All People that on Earth Do Dwell, Anglo-Genevan Psalter, Catherine Winkworth, Christmas Mountain, David the Psalmist, devotional book, Doxology, favorite hymns, getaway, gift of music, God’s gift of music, Halle Halle, Halle Halle Hallelujah, hymnbook, hymnbook of the Bible, hymns, Joachim Neander, King David, Listening for God in Music, Marty Haugen, Old Hundredth, Praise to the Lord the Almighty, Psalm 100, Psalmist, Psalms, retreat, Thomas Ken, timeshare, William Kethe, writing project, writing retreat

• Awful August – except for …

  Does it ever seem like your world is shattered? That life is suddenly broken? For some of my family members, that’s what August has been like this year. I guess I would describe August 2014 along two tracks of events. One track is affecting my broadly extended family. The other track is affecting Mim and…

  Marian

  August 26, 2014

  God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  93-year-old, amazing transformation, broadly extended family, car accident, change in my life, condo sold, Conrad Bender, Ecclesiastes, extended family, family, farmhouse, For everything there is a season, friends, friends and family, funeral, getting organized, God at work, God will take care of you, God’s comforting love, God’s love, God’s presence, God-given gifts, hospice, kind strangers, kindness, life challenges, life changes, life of the farmhouse, listening for God, love your neighbor, next phase, oven cleaner, reflections, retreat, sadness, Sandy Bender, self-cleaning oven, sister-in-law, spiritual retreat center, spirituality, talking with God, time to die, time to mourn, time to weep, track one, whispering winds, Whispering Winds Retreat Haven, will to live

• How do you talk with God?

  That’s something I’ve been trying to learn ever since I was a little kid. I remember the first prayer I ever learned: “God bless our food. Amen.” I said that prayer and then my brother and sister said the Norwegian table prayer, and then we could eat. My mother never had the patience to teach…

  Marian

  June 4, 2012

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

  centering prayer, communion, conversation with God, daily devotions, devotional book, God’s love, hymn sing, Jesus Calling, life challenges, life changes, pray, prayer, reflections, retreat, sarah young, spirituality, talking with God, whispering winds