Tag: joy

Song 5: None Can Take Away My Joy

The song describes how, no matter what, I can rejoice in Christ’s claim on me. Verse 1 High above the earth and the heavens Deep within the seed you have sown Christ alone is reigning...

/ February 5, 2020

Celebrate Christmas Again Today with Peace on Earth

Merry Christmas! If you’ve already taken down the tree, retangled the lights, eaten all the cookies, and unwrapped your newest gadgets, fear not; you can still celebrate Jesus’ birth without any of those things. In...

/ January 7, 2015

It was a rough year, and that’s okay

Life is good. Silver light refracting in little Xs on the window. An ages-old sun still rolling and rising, like the stars never get tired. I just ate something with peanut butter in it and...

/ December 31, 2014

And There Was Great Rejoicing in Ongata Rongai

It was fitting that our first full day in Nairobi was a Sunday, a very necessary Sabbath after an eventful and far-from relaxing day of travel. After spending 16 hours in narrow metal canisters shooting...

/ September 28, 2014

This is joy

This won’t last long, I think. These are Christmas lights and, look, it’s already December 19. I know, I know; we got a late start this year. But it will be worth it, yeah? Because...

/ February 4, 2014