Joyology 101 – This is about Joy, Why am I So Disappointed?
What is joyology? Well, since it’s not a real word, we’ll have to break it up and like any good student does these days, let’s Google it. Ology: A subject of study; a branch of knowledge Joy: A feeling of great pleasure and happiness. The emotion evoked by well-being,...
Joyology 101 – The Study of Joy for the Christian Still Looking for It
I was trying to decide on a topic for Anita Ojeda’s 28-Day writing challenge, in February, when I got the idea of studying joy. It came from a billboard advertising a marijuana dispensary. I pass it on my way to work every day. It displays Joyology in big green...
Can we Learn Today from These Important Words of Yesterday?
Today is Marting Luther King Day. The words below are from the famous I Have a Dream speech, re-posted from the Stanford University website – King Papers. We still have much to learn from these important words. I confess to never having read this speech before....
Choose a FRESH START Mindset Until it becomes Part of Who Your Are
Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. Lamentations 3:23 A fresh start every morning! That’s what we get to do every morning. This is a wonderful gift. We have the ability to choose to start fresh. It is a mindset to choose new,...
Ask These Three Questions to Decided on Your Word of The Year
Do you have a word of the year? Choosing a word of the year is something I have only done once, and that was several years ago. It never crossed my mind again until a few weeks ago when word of the year became a thing on Instagram and other blogs. So, I started to...
Welcoming in the New Year With Optimism and Trust
I was going to push this off until next year. At least that’s what I posted last week but, I had already begun to change my mind by the time I finished writing. Push it off to next year? No. Not again. What are we talking about here? It’s the dreaded email...
What Will Your Memories Look Like This Merry 2020 Christmas
Enjoying the Christmas tree in the early morning hours has been an early Christmas gift and become my December 2020 morning ritual. I’ve created morning space for myself for a while now, but it’s been special lately. My time alone in the morning is sitting...
How Taking A Yearend Inventory Shines Hope on My Plans for the New Year
As this surreal year of 2020 concludes amid a backdrop of presents and painful losses, there is also planning taking place. I don’t know about you, but I’m finding that planning for 2021 helps shake off the fog this year has brought. Many of our 2020 steps...
It’s Christmas 2020 and We’re Choosing Joy!
That sounds good to me. I’m choosing joy today! I opened a Christmas card, beautifully embossed with Psalm 126:3 on the front. The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. Of course, I took pictures of it for my Instagram feed. Then I got my...
