Joy For The Journey

A warm and engaging read, this companion volume to the best-selling Joy for the Journey offers more of the same excellent spiritual writings for women paired with select Scripture verses that made the first volume a resounding success. This beautifully designed, pocket-size book is a popular and pleasing combination of practical advice and uplifting encouragement.

Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books of 2015, Memoir Steve Hayner was serving as president of Columbia Seminary and was healthy and fit when he found out he had terminal pancreatic cancer. He and his wife, Sharol, embarked on a journey together with their children that soon included tens of thousands of visits from friends and acquaintances via the CaringBridge website. The overwhelming response to their posts on this website attested to the surprising and engaging way that they chose to live in the face of death. As a result they uncovered the remarkable truth that God, our good Shepherd, provides a feast for us when we are in the valley of the shadow of death as well as in the green pastures. Steve was always known for signing letters and emails, "joyfully." These pages, including reflections from some of those closest to Steve and Sharol, offer us a hope-filled glimpse into what it means to walk with God in honesty, with joy, even through great pain.

Joy’s story is really many small journeys that make up an astounding life. It takes her from an extremely poor farm in Oklahoma to the despair that caused her to climb an oil rig with the intent of jumping off, on to a short career as a commercial fisherman, years as a gypsy, then onward to a career that culminated in being a private contractor in the Middle East. The journey that wraps it all is the story of the journey she began at age eighty-three in order to survive the heartbreak of her husband’s death. Do not get the idea that this is a sad story. You will feel cheered and inspired all the way. She covered all the countries in Europe and more, completely alone, spontaneously bouncing from one hostel to another. The adventures and lessons make for captivating reading.

This is a semi-autobiography where Guy Rice Doud recounts significant events in his life and how they spiritually changed him. He encourages the reader through simple parables/tales of town life which lead the reader to walk through life in a Christian manner.

"The Journey of Joy is distinguished by its focus on human rights and social justice movements. Guzman aims to inspire as well as provide practical information. The combination of quotes, photographs, resources, and the international perspective on human struggle makes this a unique offering that may appeal to readers for reasons beyond the poetry's level of sophistication." BlueInk Review. The Journey of Joy, divided in four chapters entitled "New York," "Love," "Reality" and "Life," touches on a diversity of current concerns. These are the boroughs where, traveling fast, the poet discovers the self every day. Flashing through sensory experience, she has supercharged the Whitmanesque style in the 21st century. At breathing spots, Gandhi, Prophet Mohamed, Martin Luther King, Jr. and like personages are quoted. Cellphone text messages, New Yorker code and Guzman's American, Ecuadorian and Bolivian background are mashed into a funk rave that sweeps her audience along into a state of belief that the citizens of humanity do make a difference for peace in the music of a thousand languages that soothe the New York air.

Have you ever found it hard to find joy amid life's trials and adversities? Well, you are not alone! Ninety phenomenal coauthors share real talk about love and healing and Finding Joy in the Journey VOL. 2 Healthy Ways to Find Joy During Difficult Times.In her 12th anthology Finding Joy in the Journey VOL. 2. Vernessa Blackwell brings together ninety authors from around the world who share their personal stories. Through these stories, each author demonstrates that while education, money, and professional achievement can certainly play a role, true JOY goes deeper than material possessions and accomplishments. Every journey is unique- no two people's journeys will be exactly alike, but we can learn from each other. Get ready to laugh and cry, sometimes, all on the same page!After reading this book, you will walk away feeling inspired to find joy in your journey and power through any obstacles you may encounter along the way.Vernessa Blackwell is a published number #1 Best Selling Author/Speaker, Grief and Joy Restoration Coach and twenty-four year Army Veteran. She has published nineteen books in the genre of Religion, Christian, Bereavement, Inspiration, and Christian Non-fiction, including her most popular series the Grief Helpline.

Do you find yourself rushing along the path of your life frustrated, unmotivated and seeking deeper meaning? Are you looking for inspiration, motivation, and renewal? Joy for the Journey is a collection of thoughts, stories, and anecdotes that inspire and challenge readers to look at life from a different perspective. Joy for the Journey will provide you with a new sense of motivation and appreciation for life.