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JOY Thoughts

Transform Your Life by Finding JOY in the Every Day

He is Risen Indeed – April 12, 2020 Sermon

A practical look at the importance of the Lord’s Supper.

Lessons From Palm Sunday – April 4, 2020 Sermon

Hear of lessons from Palm Sunday as seen through the lenses of Jesus and three others you may have never thought of.

It is Well With My Soul – March 29, 2020 Sermon

In challenging times may you be uplifted and encouraged.

Just When You Need It

JOY in Our Life: Just When You Need It!   Waiting my turn in the commercial vehicles lane at the U.S border in Lewiston NY was taking longer than I had patience for on a hot day. The noonday sun was putting everything into shining relentlessly. To get there I had driven two hours in heavy…
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JOY in Our Life: Keep Looking Up.

The lamp pictured has been a blessing to me at my desk for many years. The special light helps dispel Seasonal Affective Disorder – SADs – and to keep its user looking up emotionally with JOY instead of sadness caused by not enough sunlight. The many JOYful adornments on it serve the same purpose. The…
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JOY In Our Garden: Bloom Where You are Planted

JOY in Our Garden:  “Bloom Where You Are Planted” has been a directive given to people for years.  When I  plant something it is generally on purpose. A hole is dug and a seed, seedling, plant or tree is placed in the hole, the dirt smoothed around the stem or over the seed, some water…
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A Fitting Tribute

This past weekend many celebrated motherhood with fitting tributes given and received. Some mothers did not feel worthy, even if they were. Perhaps the most challenging issue parents experience is dealing with feelings of inadequacy for the task. Then too there are all those “what if” thoughts and questions. We all need to remember that…
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JOY In Our Life: This is a lesson about JOY

JOY in Our Life : this is a lesson about JOY. Sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to find it. As I write this it is after two a.m. on a rainy night in May. Diamond and I met each other in the hallway as we each headed downstairs, she bug eyed, shivering…
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A chicken and a squirrel visiting our deck

JOY In Our Garden: The “Girls” Next Door

It is always a JOY to me when the girls come to call from next door. They are delightfully entertaining and ever cheerful. Their antics in the font garden or coming up the ramp to peek in the door, or playing peek-a- boo with me on the back porch steps brings some light hearted silliness…
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The Second Gift of the Resurrection – May 6, 2018 Sermon

Sometimes we cannot accept or live in JOY because we are beating ourselves up with guilt.  Imagine what Peter the Apostle experienced after what he had done during the time leading up to and then following the crucifixion of Jesus. How could he ever forgive himself for what he had done? In fact, how could…
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