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Cream-colored Maltipoo with wavy fur resting its head and paws on a patterned cushion, looking directly at the viewer.

Human Happiness vs. God’s Joy

Beatitudes: Jesus’ Invitation to a Life of Joy

We chase happiness, but Jesus offers something deeper: joy rooted in relationship, not circumstance. This opening post in the Beatitudes series begins with a question asked through a dog’s eyes—and leads us into the paradox of blessing, grief, and the joy that transforms our lives from the inside out.

Jesus' Invitation in the Beatitudes Begins
Watercolor image of an old church, left in ruins by earthquakes and time, but still recognizable as a church, to illustrae the symbolism of the letter to the church in Ephesus in the book of Revelation,

Ephesus – To/From: Who Speaks, Who Listens, and Why Love Was Lost
Letter to the church in Ephesus: Symbolism and spiritual accountability in the church that forgot love

Revelation: A book of hope through relationship

What went so wrong with the relationships between people and God that the letter to the Church in Ephesus that Jesus warned them they could lose their lampstand? Are things really that bad? Can they be hard working, persevere through trials, and still be told to their first love? What does return to first love even mean?

Letter to the church in Ephesus: Symbolism and spiritual accountability in the church that forgot love
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