The wise woman builds her house,  but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. – Proverbs 14:1 Are you a builder or a destroyer? Some of us are on life's demolition crew and others are on the… Continue reading

To ask, to seek, to dwell, to gaze, to inquire.Mix them up, stir them around, or take them in reverse.You could do them all at once.You could take them in order.It is a simple "ask" that ushers in a progression… Continue reading

“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” – Luke 19:10 This simple word from the Master answers the criticism of stale religionists that He was spending too much time with sinners.… Continue reading

“Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft… In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in… Continue reading

“… I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore, choose life that both thou and thy seed may live.” Deuteronomy 30:19 Whatever happened to the cross? To the Romans it was merely another two pieces of… Continue reading

I get ticked off and harsh when I perceive people are ticked off and harsh and I judge judgmental people and I am just as human as the rest. If I am sick of anyone, I ought to be sick… Continue reading

The Pain Now is Part of the Happiness Then "The boy chose safety. The man chooses suffering." I was thumbing through "Shadowlands," a novel by Leonore Fleischer based on William Nicholson's stage play recounting the romance and tragedy of C.S.… Continue reading

Trinity Sunday remembering the Great Commission Luca Rossetti da Orta, The Holy Trinity', fresco, 1738-9, St. Gaudenzio Church at Ivrea  Welcome to worship online at the Fellowship of Joy at 4141 Ministries. Scripture – Genesis 1:1-2:4a   Invocation Hymn This… Continue reading

“And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.” – Psalm 55:6 It was November 21, 1783 in Paris, France.  Physicist Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and the… Continue reading

"Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories." ~John Wilmot Any parent, worth his or her salt, will readily admit to ignorance on any number of subjects, especially… Continue reading