Choosing joy in life’s hard places is easier said than done, but it is possible. I had opportunity to make this choice after a difficult week filled with bad news: Two of my friends, both of them cancer survivors and mothers with young children, learned that their disease had returned

Do you pursue happy? If you are anything like other Americans, you ponder and crave merriment more than success or true love. Happiness has been deemed our life passion as a culture. Tragically, studies show we are the most unhappy we have been in over 50 years. The past few

Joy in the Hard Things It’s been a tumultuous couple of weeks. A lot has gone on in the country that has raised the temperature for all the right reasons. Because of the events in Minneapolis between some police and an individual who did not deserve the treatment he received

Joy in the Hard Things   Welcome to the Stirring Faith Podcast – Joy in the Hard Things Hello there. For America, this has been a tumultuous week. Again. On screens across the country, we have watched injustice win. And this happens in the midst of the other major catastrophes

Sing Here we are, on Day 4 in the four day series of the reading plan, Finding Merry: Experiencing joy this Christmas. It has been my fervent prayer that God is using this space to help you connect with Himself and His Word for whatever you need in this season

Wait Right Here Hi there! Today we are meeting up for Day 3 in a four day series of the reading plan, Finding Merry: Experiencing joy this Christmas. When the excitement, the positive vibe, and holiday cheer go missing, we often keep it to ourselves with nowhere to turn, feeling