“… 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

  We choose how we will spend our time. It is a commodity that is not renewable, but with proper stewardship, it can be maximized. It is ironic, but true, that our decisions about expenditures of time will determine the… Continue reading

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. - Psalm 40:2  Grace Has Brought Me Safe Thus Far I tread cautiously on the… Continue reading

  Just showing up. Maria Shriver said this about her father Sargent Shriver, "He showed us how to show up in other people's lives." What a gift – to be able to show up in other people's lives … positively… Continue reading

This is a full day – But what day isn't?We fill it with something … usually a choice.Always a choice?Many choices?Tiny, miniscule choices … autonomic, preconditioned choices …Choices we have ceased to monitor.Pellets of purpose converging, coalescing, cascading …Becoming bigger… Continue reading