by Joy Dunlap | Feb 15, 2021 | Lessons along Life's Journey, Purpose, Strength, Thankful
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com On this Presidents Day, let’s look back at how some past Presidents chose to incorporate God in their messages. These selected quotes from U.S. Presidents share some of their references about the Bible, God’s supremacy, and justice. ...
by Joy Dunlap | Jan 16, 2020 | Fulfillment, Lessons along Life's Journey, Purpose
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Nurture renewed what was nearly dead, bringing it back to thriving, growing and blossoming. A year ago, in January after the holidays, our once beautiful poinsettia had turned into barren spires jutting out of the dirt like spindly...
by Joy Dunlap | Mar 4, 2019 | Fulfillment, Purpose, Thankful, Tips for Living a Full Life
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.comWhat if we sacrifice time for Lent? We say we never have enough time or enough hours in the day. “I’m just so busy,” are words we often hear and sometimes voice. We rush from place to place, activity to activity, event to event,...
by Joy Dunlap | Jan 9, 2019 | Purpose, Thankful, Tips for Living a Full Life
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.comA new year is a bundle of gifts waiting to be unwrapped and enjoyed.As we build up to midnight and the arrival of the New Year, we celebrate (or watch people party on TV). We talk about what the new year may hold as if we are shaking...
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...
