by Joy Dunlap | Feb 5, 2019 | Lessons along Life's Journey, Love
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.comLove locks dangle from bridges and sculptures in many cities around the world. Couples pledge their love to each other forever, fasten the padlock and throw away the key. Thousands of locks stand as a symbol of the commitment of...
by Joy Dunlap | Jan 25, 2019 | Lessons along Life's Journey
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.comThe cost of “Forever” is rising – or at least the stamps are. “Forever” U.S. postal stamps currently at 50 cents will jump to 55 cents on Sunday, January 27. Let’s put that in perspective. In 1991, the price of a first-class stamp...
by Joy Dunlap | Jan 22, 2019 | Lessons along Life's Journey
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.comA severe poke in the eye in the midst of a tight game caused Duke’s standout basketball player Zion Williamson to leave the contest in the first half. To observers, he looked healthy and strong when he came back to the bench. Yet he...
by Joy Dunlap | Jan 16, 2019 | Lessons along Life's Journey, Rescue
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.comInstead of relaxing on a beach in the Caribbean, I was in a cave. Others were splashing in the ocean, standing tall and upright on paddleboards, or pedaling furiously on water bicycles, and I was descending down into a cavern of...
by Joy Dunlap | Nov 9, 2018 | Lessons along Life's Journey, Strength
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com As a child, the massive redwood trees in California captivated me when my family visited there. That same summer, “It’s a Small World” and the Lighted Parade at Disneyland made a lasting impression. How fortunate my brother and I...
by Joy Dunlap | Oct 15, 2018 | Fulfillment, Lessons along Life's Journey, Purpose
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com In the Old Testament, people were encouraged not to harvest the edges of the field but instead to leave that for the poor and the foreigner or traveler.* Our lives, and the harvest in them, can be of higher quality when we follow...
