by Chronic Joy Ministry | Feb 21, 2019 | Leaders
When you need to confront, especially as one Christian to another, or as a leader to someone you supervise, here are tips I’ve learned from 40-plus years in vocational ministry.Know the conditions for giving criticism. When is it necessary?*Is the person’s attitude or...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Feb 15, 2019 | Newsletter
Invitation to Community Community. It all starts with God and the decision to follow Him. For Chronic Joy, that includes having a clear Statement of Faith.In addition to our personal relationship with God, we were created for relationship with one another. Community...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Feb 13, 2019 | Stories of Hope
She couldn’t have known what a gift it was to see those words slide silently across my screen. “… I saw and my stomach dropped.” My friend saw and noticed, and sent me four sentences. Forty-six words. All gift. “And you live with this every day.” Grace poured out....
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Feb 6, 2019 | Caregivers, Poetry
Today’s poetry prompt is explores the life-living role of caregiving – what it means to have a caregiver, to be a caregiver, for some of us, both. Let’s begins with an example by William McDonald. MOMENTS I want to do this.I don’t want to do this.I...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Feb 4, 2019 | Prayer
Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief. My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning;my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak. I am the utter...
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