Peace Garden Mama II

A garden blend of family, faith and following the muse

   Jan 21

meaningful mondays: exploring joy

[So that I can share my weekly faith columns that run in our daily newspaper, Meaningful Mondays will be a duplication of those essays, published Saturdays in The Forum and reprinted here with permission.] Living Faith: Contemplating my word for 2013 – joy By Roxane B. Salonen, The Forum It starts sometime between November and [...]

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   Feb 11

faith fridays: a joy-filled life

  Do you remember how it felt to run in the rain as a child? Maybe even while still in your pajamas? There are few things as exhilarating as this on a warm, spring day, wouldn’t you agree? This is how it feels to have a vibrant faith. This is how it feels to live [...]

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   Apr 23

the source of true joy

A brief followup to yesterday’s post on singer Susan Boyle: Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile. – W.T. Grenfell A sidenote of interest: while searching for a photo that would capture what I wanted to convey about true joy, almost all of [...]

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