Searching for Happy
It’s a new year! Are you happy? Does your life have meaning and purpose? Welcome to our new More Than a Carpenter blog series, in which we focus on Jesus! Let’s start with this quote by Thomas Aquinas, the famous philosopher and theologian: “There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning.” Some […]
What is the Joy of the Lord? Can We Have it?
“The joy of the Lord is my strength.” If I hear a Christian occasionally use this expression, I always notice, as it’s not a statement often said. Certainly nowhere near the frequency of, say, “God is good!” or “Jesus loves us.” I think this is because Christians often struggle with joy. We know we’re supposed […]
