by Joy Dunlap | Feb 14, 2026 | Encouragement, Love, Rescue
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Everyone loves a love song. Love Lifted Me is one that speaks to the heart of the matter. Like any love song, this has some struggles and heartache in the beginning. Declarations of heartfelt devotion come after we witness the...
by Joy Dunlap | Apr 16, 2025 | Forgiveness, Learning and Living, Love, Power, Purpose
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Oh, what delight when my friend placed the cross in my hands. That cross had been crafted personally for me as a gift. Mounted on a sturdy wooden cross, four translucent shells etched in gold followed its shape. I thought about the...
by Joy Dunlap | Apr 14, 2023 | Learning and Living, Love
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com To truly love our neighbor isn’t about gifts or money, it’s about compassion shared, time extended, the you-matter-to-me moments that demonstrate care. It’s a matter of our heart. Sometimes showing love for our neighbor means...
by Joy Dunlap | Feb 21, 2023 | Lessons along Life's Journey, Love, Serve, Thankful
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com I didn’t deserve the gift but it made an impact. Clutching three books in my arms, I was in line to buy some last minute gifts to give my husband that day. Only one person was in front of me at the bookstore, and she was in a...
by Joy Dunlap | Feb 13, 2023 | Love
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Words of love and friendship in card art soar for Valentine’s Day! Greeting cards are the second most popular item given, accounting for about 40% of the gifts for the heart-hugging holiday. Candy leads the way at 57%, with flowers...
by Joy Dunlap | Feb 1, 2023 | Joy, Love
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com I giggled with delight when a giant heart popped around the doorway quickly followed by my husband. Charlie surprised me last year with the biggest Valentine’s Day heart I’d ever received – large enough to cover my head – and...
