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Tag Archives: joy

Anticipating the Unpredictable

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Carolin M. Paradis
Unpredictable Soft Day's End

Unpredictable Anniversary Across the patio table my gaze lifted skyward beyond my husband towards the evening’s gentle settling. Pink hues tinged the dissipating thunderheads, their ominous threat lessened by the Continue Reading →

Posted in Random Ruminations, Uncertainty | Tagged joy, uncertainty, unpredictable

Threads of Joy

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Carolin M. Paradis
joy

Joy Streaming Another stream of travelers poured through the international arrival door at Toronto’s Pearson Airport. I carefully examined the baggage to gauge if this was a long-distance flight from Continue Reading →

Posted in Random Ruminations | Tagged joy

Joy and Sorrow’s Constant Companion

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Carolin M. Paradis
Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit Embodies Goodness Knows What The Holy Spirit in the Christian faith is sometimes difficult to wrap one’s head around. There are those with a firm view of Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog, Holy Spirit | Tagged Holy Spirit, joy, sorrow

The Ascension of Joy and Sorrow

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Carolin M. Paradis
Ascension

The doctor look’s up from his computer monitor. My eyes lock on his face but nothing in his expression tells me whether the prognosis of my mother’s chest X-ray will Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog, Joy & Sorrow | Tagged ascension, joy, sorrow

The Hinge on Sorrow and Joy

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Carolin M. Paradis
Hinge

Rocking Hinge What Easter message will the doctor deliver? (refer: On Joyful Sorrow) I sit with my eighty-eight-year-old mother in the doctor’s office waiting for the verdict. Her first chest Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog, Joy & Sorrow | Tagged joy, sorrow

Blog on Joyful Sorrow

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Carolin M. Paradis
Joyful

Joyful Embrace What a relief when Lent is over and Easter arrives. After the ardour of a long and trying Lent, we fall joyful into the arms of Easter. Love’s Continue Reading →

Posted in Blog, Joy & Sorrow | Tagged Easter, Good Friday, joy, sorrow

The Fourth Newsletter: What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Carolin M. Paradis
Fourth lit advent candle: love.

Greetings and welcome to the Advent/Christmas newsletter What’s Love Got To Do With It? – the fourth and last in a series of four. During this session of love I Continue Reading →

Posted in Advent, Christmas, Newsletter | Tagged advent, christmas, hope, joy, love, peace

The Third Advent/Christmas Newsletter: Joy (fully) We Adore Thee

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Carolin M. Paradis
Advent Altar 3rd Candle

Greetings and welcome to the Advent/Christmas newsletter Joy (fully) We Adore Thee – the third in a series of four. During this session of joy I continue to introduce my Continue Reading →

Posted in Advent, Christmas, Newsletter | Tagged advent, christmas, creation, Creator, joy, peace

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