Monthly Archives: February 2024

Here’s a musical start to your day that will bring a tingle to your heart and wrap you in comfort as you begin your daily routine. Who’s crazy about you, you ask? Why Jesus, of course! God is crazy about … Continue reading →

Early February is a miserable time in Chicago. You’ve had a month of snow, ice and cold and you know you have another month of it yet to come. People have cabin fever from being stuck indoors. They are longing … Continue reading →

Last year for my birthday a good friend gave me a bookmark that had a little poem by someone named Mia Evans on it.  It reads, “May you be blessed with All These Things, A little more JOY, a little … Continue reading →

An “oldie but goodie” from the great modern Christian thinker and author Thom S. Rainer. 1. “We were out of peanut butter.” Of course, no one can worship without their peanut butter fix. 2. “My kids take naps during that … Continue reading →

I’m a New Englander through and through.  There’s nothing I liked more than the sight of an old white lighthouse perched along the cliffs of the sea.  On many vacations we traveled along the coastline, seeking out each lighthouse.  In … Continue reading →

        Aw, how sweet is this precious new bundle of joy! The infant is so tiny. Stay with me….now the baby can roll over, sit up, has a few teeth, laughs, smiles, so many changes.         Keep on the journey with me, … Continue reading →

While watching the news tonight, the human-interest story concluding the news was a piece on the passing of Bruce Springsteen’s mother, Adele. The clip featured her attending his concerts and dancing and singing along to her son’s music. It ended … Continue reading →

Lately I’ve been thinking about how wonderful the name “Joy” is for a church, and how we at Joy Lutheran should try to celebrate our fortunate name.  To do this I looked at some scriptures about joy and even did … Continue reading →

You know the saying that people have one mouth but two ears because we should listen twice as much as we talk. That’s certainly good advice to me. I’m too quick to tell people how things are supposed to be … Continue reading →