What I Want to be When I Grow Up!
Joy believes you can be what you wanted to be when you were a child – when you are grown up. Using examples of real women, she inspires women to pursue their dreams.
Barren But Not Broken
Being a childless woman can be heart breaking…but it doesn’t mean we are broken, incomplete or less. We are significant in the plan of life. I am woman…hear me rejoice!
Dream Catchers
Journals can be the place where we record our lives…for our own healing or the enjoyment and education of a future generation. They can also be the place we put our dreams before, during, and after we live them!
When You Wish Upon A Star…
Not all dreams come true...but some do! Joy believes those meant to be our reality …if we are willing to risk raised eyebrows, distain, and the discomfort of others when be embark in this journey of discovery. Joy does more than encouraging women to dream…she urges them to live them!
Keep It Simple Sister!
What if you could simplify your life and find time to write…draw…paint…sculpt, take voice lessons, journal, read, or take a nap? How would you impact your children, your grandchildren, your nieces, nephews, students, and friends if they saw you living in a way that includes you living your dreams instead of just dreaming them? This is more than a time management class. Joy asks you to consider your choices, your options, and take action.
Dream On!
Daydreaming is just for bored kids right? For Joy, time to daydream counts as writing. For an artist friend of hers daydreaming is the means she uses to “see” a painting – layer by layer before she picks up a brush. For a songwriter she knows, it’s the time the words start to join the music before she sits down at the piano. For a homemaker she knows, this time is where beautiful table settings and centerpieces are born. For a mom she knows, this is where creative activities for her children blossom and constructive disciplines are developed. So come on Sisters…dream on!
Casting Stones
Think you're not a stone caster? Well, what about the cruel comments you cast at your reflection when you looked in the mirror or stepped on the scale this morning? Or the stones cast at you by an unkind person in your past…or was it just yesterday? What stones did you cast at your husband, children, mother, or the driver you passed today who offended you by driving the speed limit when you were in a hurry?
Are you carrying wounds from pebbles and boulders…or have you cast a few yourself? With the tenderness born of self-inflicted wounds and injuries caused by others, Joy gives her listeners hope for real healing because sticks and stones can break our bones…and words DO hurt us! They can also heal us. The choice is ours...how we use them and how we accept them.
Diary of a Teen Queen
Afraid to get involved? Unsure of what it might cost you? So was Queen Esther. Her story is an adventure from hesitance to historic courage and change! Her choices impacted two kingdoms…and all those to come. Whose life will be impacted for eternity when you decide to say YES to God?
Pride & Joy
A father waits and here you come. You are spent, weary, wounded, and full of
shame. You deserve disdain and dishonor. Yet…here he comes the waiting
Father…with his arms open wide in welcome – for you!
Joy makes the journey’s of these two brothers come to life as she shares her
personal experiences as both prodigal and faithful child…and the Father who
loved her either way. Get ready to let this familiar story change the way you see God...because you more fully understand how He sees you.
Three Wise Gentiles
While Jerusalem waited for Messiah three gentiles from the East watched for Him.
They looked for the sign in the sky promised by God. They watched for years and
when they saw it – were ready! They hurried…to worship Him!
This delightful part of the Christmas story is fun all year long. Joy ties in
the wonder of watching for Him now…the returning and triumphant King. Will you
be among the wise this time?
What’s In Your Wagon?
Joy used to dress up her baby dolls and take them for rides in her little red
wagon. At one time or another she’s pretty sure her most precious treasures got
a ride – including her little brother!
If you had a wagon today what would you
be hauling? Hurt? Bitterness? Disappointment? Sorrow? Guilt? Shame? Or would you
– could you risk tucking in your dreams, joys, hopes and faith? Or would it sit
empty as if you had nothing worth carrying?
Glisten!
In the hustle and bustle of Christmas...who has time to glisten for God? We do! Find out how a minute here and there can make all the difference in this world. |
