by Melanie Kasper | Mar 25, 2021 | Joy Reads
Write it Down Sometimes, no matter how many ways you try to untangle a problem in your mind, you end up no better than when you started. When this happens, many people find success in working with a journal. With a pen in hand, it becomes easier to identify,...
by Melanie Kasper | Mar 16, 2021 | Joy Reads
Since we know the Internet can be a dangerous place, most of us put filters on the streaming content that comes into our homes. We instruct the filter to keep out things we don’t want our families to be exposed to, and it does as we ask until we tell it something...
by Melanie Kasper | Feb 16, 2021 | Joy Reads
New Year LIfe Directions With a new year, we feel inspired to try things again, to try new things, or even to try stopping things that don’t work. Not everyone picks resolutions to work on, but January/February can be a great time for anyone to consider: in which...
by Melanie Kasper | Dec 15, 2020 | Joy Reads
The Power of Connections Whether or not we’re aware of it, we create connections with everything around us. We have relationships with money, with time, with health, with God – and, of course, with each other. “Connection is why we are here,” says acclaimed...
by Melanie Kasper | Dec 1, 2020 | Joy Reads
Love is Built Through Meaningful Connections In the last of his ten pastoral poems published as “Bucolica,” Roman poet Virgil wrote, “Omnia vincit amor.” Though his works aren’t widely read today, the phrase, translated as “love conquers all,” continues to resonate...
