Author Archives: joyocala

Last week I was cleaning out the clutter in my home and in my heart.  At the risk of boring my readers, I’m cleaning again.  This week I have attacked the files and notebooks on my office desk.  It seems … Continue reading →

        I am not a coffee drinker, but everyone in my family enjoys that first cup in the morning. Some of them even claim, they just cannot function until the “morning cup o’ joe” gets them moving. Other folks lounge and … Continue reading →

I have had to go on a “news fast” again. The newscasts are so depressing and the world so out of control, it was keeping me up at night.  If that is how it has been upsetting me from the … Continue reading →

I pray for your peace in troubled lands, in places where people fear each day, in cities or villages under threat of danger. I pray your peace into the hearts of those who hate, into the minds of those who … Continue reading →

I was searching online to discover what happened on this day in history. 202 B.C. – Roman legions defeated Hannibal Barca. Too bad for the Carthaginians. 1216 – King John of England dies and is succeeded by his nine-year-old son … Continue reading →

Tradition says that there are as many commandments in the Bible as there are seeds in a Pomegranate – 613. Most of us are familiar with ten of them, the Ten Commandments, which are given in slightly different forms in … Continue reading →

Reminiscing, remembering,… In high school…the blending of my two favorite things: music and football. Friday nights, half-time shows, cheering on a better-than-average football team…car wash fund-raisers that could best be described as chaotic hijinks…sweater weather…homecoming…spirit tags…the Fall Classic, back when … Continue reading →

It’s coming this week!  Joy’s annual Super Sale!  Have you cleaned out your cupboards or closets and pulled out those items that you just do not use anymore?  It’s a good feeling to remove a few items.  What remains just … Continue reading →

        Big, long words, full of meaning: omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient. These OMNI words describe our God.  Omnipresent means our God is everywhere, all at once.  Omnipotent means our God is all powerful and omniscient means our God is all knowing. Absolutely and completely difficult to comprehend.  How … Continue reading →

 I’m sure most of us dreamed of what our lives would be like when we “grew up” and in our naivety we thought our lives would be perfect.  We would take the perfect vacation, have the perfect career, marry the … Continue reading →