Marlene's Echoes

faith

  • Finding Strength: My Journey with Radiation Therapy

    I have decided to begin sharing short daily reflections during my radiation treatments. These will not be medical reports as much as moments from the journey — fatigue, faith, small victories, family memories, prayer, worry, courage, and whatever each day teaches me. Yesterday I was so drained I slept much of the day. Then I…

  • Tips for Improving Your First Video Production

    Hey, this is my very first video, and I wanted to let you know I could make one, this one isn’t perfect, but I thought it turned out very well done with a few errors in Bob’s script.

  • From Sorrow to Hope: A Journey of Love

    I thought long and hard yesterday about this because I got so many comments. So here it is. I have seen the dark side of loneliness, isolation, and human cruelty—but I have also seen kindness arrive on empty roads, love survive disappointment, and strangers become protectors. There was a time in my life when darkness…

  • Easter Story

    When I was young, Easter was a journey, not just a single day. It began on Palm Sunday and carried us through each sacred moment, all the way to the Monday after the Resurrection. That is why we were given an Easter vacation from school—so we could truly remember the story. In those days, Easter…

  • He is risen Why did the crowds change from Palm Sunday to Easter?.

    At the Last Supper, Christ gave us a pattern to follow—so that we can take the sacrament in remembrance of Him Why did the crowd change? . The more I think about Good Friday, the more I see something important: It is a pattern of Him that we remember today. He is Risen so that…

  • Is God Really There

    Why I Chose to Write About God This past week, I found myself thinking about the big and deeper questions in life. I wrote a book called Why Choose God. I wrote it as if I had the right to do so—because I felt inspired. This wasn’t my first attempt. Earlier, I wrote a book…