http://nhylandsumc.org/blog I'm glad you're here! Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:14:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Friends: March blessings to you, as we move through the season of Lent.  Lent—(not  “lint” as one child recently called it) is a season to look  within and to look  around  and to look above and to say: “Lord, how am I doing?”   If I’m honest and sincere, I’ll ask ... http://nhylandsumc.org/blog/2010/03/02/on-closeness/ Dear Friends; February, and with it a flocking to the card shop for a Valentine’s card…or shopping for  some other expression of love.  How do you say  “I love you”?  Of course, verbally is wonderful....Just to let people know that  you treasure them…people shouldn’t have to guess whether or  not you ... http://nhylandsumc.org/blog/2010/02/04/101/ When I was growing up, the New Year was always pictured with a child bringing it in.  Here is my granddaughter bringing in (so to speak) a new year.  What will the new year be for you?  Will you live a life that says you're stressed or blessed?  Will your ... http://nhylandsumc.org/blog/2009/12/30/on-jesus-as-the-light/ Dear Friends: I'm sitting here with my granddaughter, Alexis.  I do day care for her on Fridays.  We have a good time.  Alexis has her first Christmas this year.  At 10 months...probably not a real in-depth experience for her.  Nevertheless, what will it be for her as she grows up,matures, and ... http://nhylandsumc.org/blog/2009/12/10/on-witnessing/ Dear Friends, What is that?  A bunch of dirt, bulb food, 700 tulips, and a way to get it done.  Actually, what you're looking at is a beautiful tulip garden in May of 2010.  Of course, I've gardened a few times and I've learned what can happen.  You take that soil ... http://nhylandsumc.org/blog/2009/11/20/on-planting-tulips/ Dear Friends: I'm soon to be off in the venue of a pilgrimage...to be a pilgrim in the Holy Land.  I sometimes refer to North Dakota as the Holy Land, as that is my place of origin.  However, when literally walking in the footsteps of Jesus, one does go to Israel, ... http://nhylandsumc.org/blog/2009/11/02/on-holy-ground/ Dear Friends: Here I am visiting with friends….sitting here with Facebook.   I signed up not too long ago, and am already visiting with friends from ages 13-82.    Some of these friends I haven’t seen for  over 10 years, as they now  are far away.  But it’s good to keep up , ... http://nhylandsumc.org/blog/2009/10/08/on-technology/ Dear Friends: Here are some of my third grade friends at Normandale Hylands. They recently received a new Bible from the United Methodist Men’s Group. As third graders, they’ll have the opportunity to study it and with their teachers’ aid, learn to use it. Learning to use it; that’s the ... http://nhylandsumc.org/blog/2009/09/21/on-learning-to-read/ HTML clipboardA:hover {color: #C0C0C0; text-decoration: overline; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold} Dear  Friends: Here at Normandale Hylands, it's September.  Is it that way with you, also?  Of course.  However, September at Christian churches means that Sunday school is starting.  The vacations are ending.  It's time to make time for ... http://nhylandsumc.org/blog/2009/09/01/on-learning-to-fly/ Dear Friends: Here  are two of my friends who are soon to get married..Rachael and Jon.  What would you tell folks who plan to get married? I might say that  in my experience most people get married believing a myth—that marriage is a beautiful box full of all the good things they ... http://nhylandsumc.org/blog/2009/08/18/on-filling-the-box/