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Ode to Joy – Apr. 14, 2020

This version of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” is performed by isolated members of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. May we feel in our bones that we are hardwired for joy. Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra – “Ode to Joy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eXT60rbBVk

Tears of Grief, Tears of Joy

Over the last few weeks as I have been preparing to write the Easter reflection, the grim reality of COVID-19 has happened. On typically the most joyous day in the Christian tradition and in a season of springtime newness, we are not gathering together in churches or outside. We as a people all around the […]

From the Prayer of Saint Francis – Apr. 9, 2020

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.Where there is hatred, let me sow love;Where there is injury, pardon;Where there is doubt, faith;Where there is despair, hope;Where there is darkness, light;Where there is sadness, joy. –St. Francis of Assisi

Given Joy – Jan. 3, 2020

“There are those that have in themselves the gift of Joy. It has no relation to merit or demerit. It is not a quality they have wrested from the vicissitude of life. Such people have not fought and won a hard battle, they have made no conquest. To them Joy is given as a precious […]