Tag: joy
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Advent Reflections: Shadows of Joy
Something amazing happened at our house one December day–we opened the blinds on our front door to let some sunshine into the house. 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,…
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Happy, the Laughing Rooster | Short Story
It wasn’t a stressful life, being a chicken at the Johnson’s farm. Mrs. Johnson only kept them for their eggs and never took one for the family table. In fact, her “girls,” as she called them, all had names. There was Penny and Jenny, and many others. But everything changed, one ominous night when a…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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But Wait, There’s More!
Does anyone else remember those old commercials for the Ginsu knife? I must have been ten or eleven years old the first time I saw one. A guy uses a Ginsu to cut through nails, a soda can, and a radiator hose, then picks up a tomato and slices it paper thin. If only I’d…
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