Tag Archives: Joy

“Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.” (John Milton, Paradise Lost) Revenge can be a temptation, a natural desire in the face of a threat or a hurtful act on the part of another. It can certainly seem deserved when an injustice is done. But ...

“I wanna do it myself.”  “I can do it.”  I bet you’ve heard these typical toddler responses.  They’re learning.  Gaining the necessary motor skills and internalizing the how’s, why’s and wherefore’s of new experiences is important.  As parents and teachers, we enthusiastically applaud their achievements.  We proclaim our great pleasure ...

Is there anything of value in the bottom of a 150-year-old outhouse? Most imaginations wouldn’t believe so! But several years ago, there was an amazing discovery that has proved quite fruitful… A “privy,” as the outhouse was often called in the 19th century, was used to discard more than, well, ...

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary gives several definitions of a dream. Some are nouns, and some verbs. One definition states that a dream is: something that you have wanted very much to do, be or have for a long time. What determines if those dreams will be fulfilled? Much of the answer to ...

Broken lives and shattered relationships, complete with bruised hearts and destroyed dreams, dot the landscape of our world.  It was not always so.  Before sin entered paradise with its companions of shame and guilt, Scripture says Adam and Eve lived naked and unashamed.   While the literal reading is clearly physical, ...