Category: Practice Joy Blog (2010-2013)

….leading to bittersweet beginnings. Today dawned early, as is typical for me these days.  That could have something to do with the sun coming up around 5:30 or so this time of year…or maybe it is just the stress...

Note:  The saga of judgement continues…I wrote this in response to Stephen’s comment on Judgement 2...but felt it was too long for a comment and thus am putting it here. I think the gist of the issue is this: that...

Over at my blog on Crosswalk.com I just got to my series about Judging others and how detrimental it is to our own walk.  There were a string of questions that mentioned we are to be careful between judgement...

Have you ever lost something of importance?  Say, like when you were a child and you had some type of blanky that you took every where, you slept with – that your parents gave you when you were upset...

“Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know whatcha’ll get.” Forest Gump If you have been following me over at Crossswalk.com…especially as I have been posting my series about the “Earthquakes” in my life – the posts...

The Joy Gal NOTE:  The timely finding of Rachel is a God send…at least in my book.  It seems she approaches a lot of topics that I am diving into…and I am so excited to share her with you....

I think if I am reading the current environment correctly, with popular book titles such as: * You Lost Me: Why Young Christians are leaving the Church…and Rethinking Faith by David Kinnaman * Love Wins by Rob Bell* The Church...

“The question is ‘Can you stand erect in your pain, your loneliness, your fears, and your experience of being rejected?’  The danger is that you will be swept off your feet by these feelings.  They will be here for...

Found this over at Split Frame of Reference….who took it from someone else that I was excited to find…but doesn’t look like they are still blogging.  Hilarious and all in good fun.  If we can’t laugh at ourselves –...

NOTE: This that I share is something that hit me when I was finishing up the Companion Guide for Love Wins.  This analogy really helped me to understand a certain verse that I was getting hung up on in...