by Mary Sorrentino | Jan 7, 2014 | Adventure, Aging Issues, Christianity, Faith, Family, Life Choices, Living on Purpose, Relationships
Happy New Year! Can you believe it is 2014? It seems like only yesterday that we crossed that invisible divide, taking us from the 20th to the 21st century. I was working in corporate information technology back then, and we were all on the edge of our seats wondering...
by Mary Sorrentino | Dec 1, 2013 | Christianity, Christmas, Faith, Family, Life Choices, Living on Purpose, Relationships
Have you ever seen a Christmas cactus? We have one that sits in our beautiful sun-drenched foyer all year long. And each year, come November, its red blossoms start to peek out their little heads, and burst into full bloom just in time to ring in the Christmas season....
by Mary Sorrentino | Nov 13, 2013 | Aging Issues, Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Anger, Christianity, Chronic Illness, Depression, Drug Addiction, Faith, Family, Fear, Friendship, Health, Living on Purpose, Marriage, Other Addictions, Relationships, Waiting
You’ve got to be kidding… choose JOY at this crazy time of year? If I didn’t think it would depress more than a few of us, I’d quote the number of shopping days left until Christmas! Okay I won’t. But I don’t have to tell anyone just how harried the next two months...
by Mary Sorrentino | Oct 3, 2013 | Aging Issues, Alcoholism, Alzheimer's, Anger, Christianity, Chronic Illness, Courage, Depression, Drug Addiction, Faith, Family, Fear, Health, Life Choices, Living on Purpose, Marriage, Other Addictions, Relationships, Waiting
Finding joy in the midst of life’s trials is a never ending search for most of us. And the fact is, God told us our lives would be filled with trouble! “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take...
by Mary Sorrentino | Jun 29, 2013 | Aging Issues, Christianity, Faith, Family, Friendship, Health, Life Choices, Living on Purpose, Relationships
Tick-tock… Tick-tock… Tick-tock… Do you remember that sound? Perhaps you still have an old-fashioned Grandfather Clock that ticks out the seconds, and chimes the hours as they pass. I don’t recall that we had a Grandfather clock when I was a child, but somewhere in...
by Mary Sorrentino | Apr 2, 2013 | Adventure, Christianity, Courage, Faith, Fear, Living on Purpose
“See, I am doing a new thing!” Isaiah 43:19 Where-o-where did the JoyNews Monthly go? Before I tell you why you haven’t seen JoyNews in your mailbox for a while, let me first apologize for not letting you know in advance, that we would be taking this short break and...