Category: joy

  • Finding Strength in the Joy of the Lord

    Finding Strength in the Joy of the Lord

    I’d left the ministry and moved three states away, with a marriage unraveling.  It was my second job in four months. Being the consummate over-explainer, I shared my troubles with my new boss. When I showed up for work the next morning, I was no longer on the schedule. It was like someone pressed the…

  • Life Lessons, from a Box of Chocolates

    Life Lessons, from a Box of Chocolates

    Every month, after my wife and I sang at Twin Oaks Assisted Living, our friend Kathleen insisted that we follow her back to her room. Once inside, there was always something special she wanted to show us. First there was her bridal veil, from when she married her husband, Denzel, in 1947, also some dried…

  • Shadows of Joy- Revisited

    Shadows of Joy- Revisited

    Something amazing happened at our house two days ago. We opened the blinds on our front door to let some sunshine in. No, that’s not the amazing part, though we are rarely home during the day to do this. I’m sitting at the kitchen table enjoying a mid-morning cup of coffee when Nancy says, “Sweetheart,…

  • Shadows of Joy

    Shadows of Joy

    Something amazing happened at our house two days ago. We opened the blinds on our front door to let some sunshine in. No, that’s not the amazing part, though we are rarely home during the day to do this. I’m sitting at the kitchen table enjoying a mid morning cup of coffee when Nancy says,…

  • Turning the Key

    I am intrigued with something Deborah Marie wrote on her blog, Great is God’s Faithfulness. The title of the post was, The Key to Life, and it was all about the choice set before God’s people in Deuteronomy 30:19-20. Moses challenged them to love, obey and commit totally to God–to choose life over death and…

  • ⏸ for Joy

    ⏸ for Joy

    “Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store.” Dr. Seuss