At 19 while a student in London, England, I met Rev. David Luce who with his family lived off the Highgate Tube stop in North London. At 45 he pastored Muswell Hill Baptist Church, a place I wandered into one Sunday seeking worship and like the prodigal son in the parable, I found home. After […]
“I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy, down in my heart. Where?” This song brings back so many memories of camp, Vacation Bible School, and Sunday School. The excitement and volume with which we would sing these words proclaimed our understanding of God’s joy being alive in our hearts. That the joy was “down in […]
In John 16:20-21, just before Jesus’ arrest and trial, John records Jesus saying to the disciples: Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy. When a woman is in labor, she has pain, because her hour has […]
