by Mary Sorrentino | Jul 23, 2014 | Adventure, Christianity, Courage, Faith, Family, Fear, Friendship, Life Choices, Living on Purpose, Love, Relationships
When I was a little girl growing up in a strict Catholic home, I would sometimes “play church” and make an “altar” on top of the dresser in my bedroom. I’d go out to our yard, cut fresh lilacs and put them into a vase (well… really a plastic drinking glass – I’m sure...
by Mary Sorrentino | May 19, 2014 | Christianity, Courage, Depression, Faith, Fear, Friendship, Health, Life Choices, Living on Purpose, Love, Relationships
Have you ever had trouble getting out of bed in the morning? Oh, I don’t mean when you’re exhausted from staying up late or have been up half the night with insomnia. I’m talking about when you don’t really have an excuse, but somehow you feel like there’s just not...
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 | 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...
by Mary Sorrentino | Jan 1, 2013 | Adventure, Christianity, Courage, Depression, Faith, Family, Fear, Life Choices, Living on Purpose, Love, Relationships
As I sit here writing on this cold, rainy New Year’s Day in Atlanta I am reminded of another dreary day not so many winters ago. That morning, as I sat dutifully trying to journal my prayers, I felt as gray and dead as the winter scene outside my window. I was...