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...
by Joy Dunlap | Oct 1, 2018 | Joy, Lessons along Life's Journey, Love, Purpose, Uncategorized
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com The memory of picking blackberries with my mom and dad is as fresh and sweet in my mind as that plump, juicy fruit was in my mouth. I grew up in a time when we actually carved faces into pumpkins and stuck a lit candle in them to...
by Joy Dunlap | Aug 17, 2018 | Fulfillment, Lessons along Life's Journey
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Scene after scene of discovery and beauty flashed in front of the train’s sizable windows as we traveled from Bergen to Oslo, Norway. Each glimpse revealed a sight I’d never seen before – and will likely never see again. Even if I...
