When Heaven and Earth Meet...............Marcus Borg.................4
Joy involves a felt sense of connection with what is

Joy: The Delight of Longing..............Doris Donnelly..............6
C.S. Lewis has three important observations about joy

Joy and Transcendence....................Larry Rasmussen.............7
Life without the sacred condemns us to a joyless existence

The Proclamation of Joy..................Alexander Schmemann.........8
The Eucharist is the very source and fulfillment of our joy

With Shouts of Joy.......................Marjory Zoet Bankson........9
The biblical version of peace and justice provides the basis of true joy

Joy and Prayer...........................Elliott J. Mason, Sr.......10
In intercessory prayer Christ works into our spirits Christ's own love
for others

In the Beginning: Rejoice................Margaret Creal.............12
Joy is bound up in gratitude and is what teaches us to love

Rejoice in the Lord Always...............David L. Bartlett..........14
Joy can thrive even in the midst of deprivation

Surprised by Joy.........................Barbara Brown Taylor.......16
Joy happens when God is present and people know it

Joy in the Jewish Tradition..............Israel Miller..............17
Love of God and following God's commandments bring us joy

Joy for Jews.............................Leonard S. Kravitz.........18
Joy for the Jew is a commandment, an achievement and a reward

Rejoicing in God.........................Carol Frances Jegen,B.V.M..20
Joy comes from sharing a life of love

Joy in the Dance.........................June Keener Wink...........21
Joy comes as we praise God with our bodies

Joys: What the Body is Saying............Ronald Robbins.............22
The joys that come with the sharing of problems

Listen For the Festive Music.............Margaret Dorgan, D.C.M.....24
Joy is more than pleasure, but pleasure can be the handmaid of joy

A Mysticism of Joy in the Lord - In......Geffrey B. Kelly...........26
Life As in Death......................................................
Rahner and Bonhoeffer on the meaning of joy

Such, Such Were the Joys: The Poetry.....Ginger Grab................28
of Wm. Blake..........................................................
For this great English poet energy is eternal delight

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QUOTATIONS ON JOY

In the Hebrew Scriptures [30]
In the New Testament Scriptures [31]
Theologians, Scholars & Philosophers [32]
Writers, Artists & Commentators [33]
Poets [34]
Saints and Mystics [35]

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BOOKS ON JOY
Address of 1838 by Ralph Waldo Emerson [36]
Sermon of 1919 by Albert Schweitzer [36]
Memories of God by Roberta C. Bondi [37]
The Longing for Home by Frederick Buechner [37]

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IDEAS FOR PREACHING ON WORK

Gospel Joy, Christian Joy................Walter J. Burghardt, S.J....38
Protestant Joy: An Actual Possibility?...Paul F.M. Zahl..............40
Reflections on Joy.......................William J. Carl, Jr.........41
Preaching Joy............................Judith Hoch Wray............42
The Angel of Joy Deserves Our............Micki Bingham Esselstyn.....44
Participation..........................................................
The Lectionary: Joy! Joy! Who Has........Judith Hoch Wray............46
the Joy?...............................................................

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