SPEAKING JOYFULLY
Cave Dwellers Can Find Light
©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...
A Year Full of Gifts to Enjoy
©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...
What Grateful Looks Like
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Is it that we don’t say “Thank You†enough or has “Thanks†become so routine that it sometimes lacks sincerity? As we...
Trees Talk – What Story Do Redwoods Tell?
©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...
Harvest Well – Leave Margins
©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...
Seeds for Harvest of Happiness
©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...
Spiritual Fill-Up for Friends, Family and Us
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Long lines formed at gas stations and grocery stores as people tried to fill up their gas tanks and pantries before Hurricane Florence hit. Car after car pulled up to the pumps, many with nearly empty gas...
Got Your “School of Life” Supplies?
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Whether it’s paper, pencils, crayons or calculators, school supplies are hot items in stores in late summer as students and parents seek the right equipment for a smooth and productive year....
Train Journey with Heart Views
©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...
I Want to be a Wonder Woman
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com I want to be a Wonder Woman. Here’s what I know though…I could never fit into the “Wonder Woman†attire. It’s way too...