At First I Hated It

Good morning... Yesterday I unpacked this quote in our blog post, What Is Joy? Remember, my friend sent me the photo above along with these words: "Thought you would like this. From a wonderful collection on the Black experience. She has a beautiful poem by the same title." So I googled the title and pulled up the poem, [...]

By |2021-06-02T04:12:35-04:00June 2nd, 2021|Death And Resurrection, God's Plan, Joy, Uncategorized|

What Is Joy?

Good morning... "Thought you would like this," a friend texted me the photo above. She continued: "From a wonderful collection on the Black experience. She has a beautiful poem by the same title." I was intrigued by the quote. "Joy is an act of resistance." To be honest, joy and resistance somehow seem like opposites to me. Oil [...]

By |2021-06-01T06:50:55-04:00June 1st, 2021|God's Love, Imperfection, Joy|

Lean On Me

Good morning... There are a variety of ways to impact the world. Music is one of them. Last weekend I was introduced to a music video created by Playing For Change. Researching a bit, I discovered this quote: "Playing For Change is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music, born from the shared belief [...]

By |2021-05-22T09:52:03-04:00May 22nd, 2021|Community, Joy, Spiritual Gifts|

Hanging Up My Mask

Good morning... "As of today you are not required to wear a mask," the friendly woman said as she checked me into the two-night retreat entitled "Caring For The Whole Person." How amazing to return to the holy grounds of the Ignatius House Retreat Center for the first time since the worldwide pandemic began. Silent. Yoga. Retreat. What [...]

By |2021-05-16T04:10:36-04:00May 16th, 2021|Everyday life, Joy, Trust God|

Unwrap Joy This Morning

Good morning... Wildly generous artist Corinne Adams and I had a delightful time creating jewelry this month for the kids at the Agape Youth and Family Center (see our recent post I Feel Like Santa's Elf). Then our joy was made more complete as we and a few Julie's Dream volunteers spent Wednesday afternoon helping bilingual children of [...]

By |2021-05-08T15:08:08-04:00May 9th, 2021|Family and Friends, God's Love, Joy|

Puppies This Easter

Good morning... This Easter morn, we remember back to the final moments of Jesus hanging on the cross. A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” [...]

By |2021-04-05T04:05:09-04:00April 4th, 2021|Death And Resurrection, God's Plan, Joy|

How Is Your Joy Meter?

Good morning... "Thank you," she said after yesterday's post, I Think Of You At Sunrise. "It really matters to me that you take the nighttime shift of prayer on the behalf of so many of us. It matters that I am thought of, prayed for, and bonded with you each day. Our reliable connection matters because so much [...]

By |2021-02-23T03:56:40-05:00February 23rd, 2021|Everyday life, Joy, Light In Darkness|

The Joy Of A Snow Day

Good morning... I read a shocking headline from fifteen hours ago: "73 Percent of the U.S. Covered in Snow, the Most Widespread Coverage in 17 Years." Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida are the only three states in the lower forty-eight completely untouched by snow on The Weather Channel map. I'm disappointed Atlanta is left out of this sensational [...]

By |2021-02-18T04:48:51-05:00February 18th, 2021|Aging, Joy, Seasons|

The Wonder Of A Wedding

Good morning... Last Saturday Steve borrowed a tux, and we thoroughly enjoyed a highly anticipated black tie wedding with longtime friends. The dynamic wedded couple, who had dated diligently for over a decade, will now enjoy many, many more decades growing together in oneness with God and each other. The joyful wedding video from last Saturday is not [...]

By |2021-02-13T07:00:58-05:00February 13th, 2021|God's Love, Joy, Unity|
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