Suggestions for preventing and helping prodigals

Yesterday I received a long letter from a sweet mom who was very discouraged about the events that had taken place in the life of her beloved child. Seems the young man had a passion for missions and went to a summer short term mission trip. The peer pressure to conform on this trip was [...]

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Taking Joy–the choice that makes all the difference

“How do we make the commitment to give the area of motherhood over to God as a sacrifice of worship to him? We yield our personal rights into his hands. We give up our time and expectations to him-and also our fears and worries about how we will manage. We trust him [...]

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Itakejoy.wordpress.com

If you are enjoying this blog, be sure to visit Itakejoy.wordpress.com for my other blog with personal articles. link

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Joy and the results of Anne of Green Gables You Tube

Today, August 22, we received a comment on our blog from Sullivan Entertainment. They evidently sent a letter to our P.O. Box also. Over three hundred girls competed in the audition and they thanked all the girls for auditioning, and wished them good luck. Evidently, the youtube voting was not a consideration in their decision. [...]

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Getting Back to Basics

Seems that fall is whizzing toward me, as I try to squeeze every ounce of this beautiful Colorado weather out of each day. For me, our school year begins very soon, as I coop classes start next Tuesday and I begin to teach a speech-leadership course for the children Joy’s age–middle school. So, we will [...]

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