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The Transformational Difference Between Happiness and Joy

The Transformational Difference Between Happiness and Joy

Happiness is far less the result of our circumstances than our response to them. Psychologists refer to the “hedonic treadmill” as “the observed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes.” However, we were made for more than happiness.

The Joy of Loving God with 'All Your Soul'

The Joy of Loving God with 'All Your Soul'

How can you and I love God with “all our souls” more fully today than ever before? As with any relationship, spending time together is vital. This works on two levels.

One is private: making time to focus on our Lord by practicing his presence through intentional solitude. The other is public: walking at his side as we experience the events of the day.

Gov. Cuomo Explains Declining COVID-19 Cases in New York: 'God Did Not Do That'

Gov. Cuomo Explains Declining COVID-19 Cases in New York: 'God Did Not Do That'

One of the paradoxes of the Christian faith is that believers often find the greatest joy in the most difficult circumstances. This is because joy is one of the “fruit of the Spirit” independent from any and all circumstances (Galatians 5:22). We find the joy of the Lord not in our lives but in our Lord.

How the Joy of Easter Sunday Can Change the World on Monday

How the Joy of Easter Sunday Can Change the World on Monday

Christians can have joy in a fallen world because the risen Christ is risen in us.

The best-known verse in the Bible declares, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16, my italics). In the moment we make Christ our Lord, we have eternal life. Not just when we die—right now.

Anne Graham Lotz, a Year after Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Says Joy ‘Never Left Me’

Anne Graham Lotz, a Year after Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Says Joy ‘Never Left Me’

Anne Graham Lotz’s journey has been a tough one lately: A year ago, three years after the death of her husband and six months after the funeral of her famous evangelist father, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

But the 71-year-old Bible teacher and daughter of Billy Graham says she has refused to give up hope and her faith remains a constant.

Danny Trejo Rescues Trapped Baby: The Power of Joy in Hard Times

Danny Trejo Rescues Trapped Baby: The Power of Joy in Hard Times

Actor Danny Trejo helped rescue a baby trapped in an overturned car in Los Angeles last Wednesday. Video shows him at the scene where two cars crashed. He says he crawled into the wrecked vehicle from one side but couldn’t unbuckle the child’s car seat from that angle.

Another bystander, a young woman, was able to undo the buckle. Together, they pulled the baby safely from the wreckage.

Keanu Reeves on the Afterlife: The Urgency and Joy of Biblical Wisdom

Keanu Reeves on the Afterlife: The Urgency and Joy of Biblical Wisdom
The actor Keanu Reeves (of The Matrix fame) was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert recently. At one point, Colbert asked his guest, “What do you think happens when we die, Keanu Reeves?”

'My Heart Is Full': Chris Pratt Spends Time with Children Battling Cancer at Ronald McDonald House New York

'My Heart Is Full': Chris Pratt Spends Time with Children Battling Cancer at Ronald McDonald House New York
Actor and outspoken Christian Chris Pratt had to chance to spread joy to child cancer patients this week, but what he found is that they filled his heart, too.