photo © 2008 Antonis Lamnatos | more info (via: Wylio)   It was the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The unthinkable had happened   They had to be numb.   Maybe thinking, “We thought we knew what Messiah would do: establish a new kingdom on earth, free Israel from oppression, fulfill all the…

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(Today I am sharing a post edited from my archives expressing what Easter means to me this year. May God bless you this highest of holy days.) photo © 2010 jaci Lopes dos Santos | more info (via: Wylio)   Jesus told the crowds who followed him that if they would be his disciples, they…

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This weeks’ Faith Jam topic is very broad — share something new you’re learning in your walk with Jesus. I immediately thought of “hesed.” Rather than write something new, I thought I’d share a story I wrote about hesed for Deeper Story last week. photo © 2006 Anil kumar | more info (via: Wylio)She propped…

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Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. This is the Jesus Prayer, known and prayed most commonly in the Orthodox Church (though as one monk in the book points out, Jesus doesn’t pray this prayer — we pray this prayer to Jesus.) It’s very like the prayer of the tax…

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photo © 2010 Mike Hipp | more info (via: Wylio) Thursdays are usually FaithJam days around here. Bonnie, at the Faith Barista, hosts the Faith Jam and sends out a writing prompt for each week. This week’s is “joy.” Piece of cake, right? I mean, my blog name is “Joy in this Journey,” and my…

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Welcome to everyone stopping by from the 2011 Ultimate Blog Party! My name is Joy, and I am a writer who blogs. I’m a little different, and I’m finally ok with it. Since I first learned to put letters together into words, writing has given me freedom to be my most real “me.” For some…

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