SPEAKING JOYFULLY
Serve Love
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com No matter what our Valentine’s Day looks like, we can serve love every day through our words. On Valentine’s Day and the days around it, many will serve a scrumptious meal for their soulmate, share a Galentine's event with friends,...
Love is the Answer
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com It’s tough out there. In the world. Loneliness is increasing. Suicide rates are high. Close friendships are declining. Love is the answer. Love is the answer for the one who desperately needs someone to reach out. Love is the...
Reintegrate Tucked Away Treasure
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com While searching for a heart-shaped dish to use for Valentine's Day, I discovered another lovely, glass candy dish filled with chocolate truffles and candies tucked away from who knows how long ago. I’m thinking maybe six months...or...
The Music Died – or Did It?
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Has the music died in our lives? Or is it that we're listening to the wrong soundtrack or station? Remember the song “American Pie?” Perhaps right now some of the lyrics are starting to swirl in your brain. On January 15, 1972...
A Hand Raised Toward Victory
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com When Alabama and Georgia faced off for the national football championship this year, several things happened that allowed the Bulldogs to win that title and trophy for the first time in more than 40 years. But one action stood out...
When Change Impacts the Climate of our Lives
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Change is often unexpected; other times we know it’s coming and even anticipate it. Last weekend we had unseasonably high temperatures in the mid-70s. Outdoor water aerobics, flip flops and summer shorts climate. By Monday it was...
What Readers Were Seeking and Finding This Year-Speaking Joyfully
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com Now’s the time of year when Top 10 lists, 2021 Recaps, and the Year’s Favorites show up! And, this Speaking Joyfully is also sharing what readers were seeking - and finding - in 2021. Speaking Joyfully is a journey of the heart for...
Best Gifts for a Lifetime (and More!)
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com “What was your favorite gift?" or "Which were the best gifts you received?” Those are questions I often ask as conversation starters during the holiday season. Answers range from dolls to electronics, along with the unusual and...
31 Ways to Boost Holiday Spirit
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com The number of things to do for the holidays can stack up higher than the boxes under the tree and stretch longer than a shopping list. Even when progress is made, so many things STILL need to be done. Presents to buy. Places to go....
Thanksgiving – Serving Up Gratitude
©Joy Dunlap https://joydunlap.com They were conversations long forgotten. Words spoken that left my mouth and mind many years ago. By God’s grace and through His power, the words had implanted in others in such a way that impacted them for good. I gathered that fall...