by Chronic Joy Ministry | May 22, 2019 | Poetry Prompt
POETRY IS AGELESS There is no age before which you must begin. Poetry is ageless, timeless, and open to all. Langston Hughes published his first major work at age 19, Emily Bronte at 29, Virginia Woolf at 33, Maya Angelou at 41, and Emily Dickinson was first published...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | May 14, 2019 | Children, Chronic illness
At first, I was numb. Illness has broken my heart so many times already that I didn’t react.Time. Normalcy. Abilities. Naivety. Innocence. Freedom. Dignity. Ease. School. Home. Relationships.Illness has stolen and broken so much, so deeply that my emotions no longer...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | May 7, 2019 | Mental Illness
After eighteen years of loving her, of nurturing her since I picked her up in my arms as a nearly six-year-old in that dingy, Russian orphanage outside of St. Petersburg, I couldn’t believe yet another diagnosis would be added to her multiple others.My dear Anna,...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | May 1, 2019 | Newsletter
Invitation to Community FROM TWO TO ONE – A COMMUNITY OF PRAYER For many of us, this is a time of transitions – from winter to long-awaited spring, from winter coats to shorts, from the final days of this school year to the beginning of summer! Others are...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Apr 23, 2019 | Chronic illness
“…some parts of the body that seem weakest and less important are actually the most necessary…so God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity. This makes for harmony among the members, so that all...
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