On a dark night, golden light shines up into the spray of the fountain at Cedar Lake Campground, in Dover, PA.

Feast of Joy, in times when life is hard

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  • Post last modified:October 9, 2025

In a distressing time in my life, God gave me an oasis of joy. At Sukkot, he invited me into the joy that is at once bedrock and a bubbling, underground spring.

Profile view of a woman standing in a field under a blue-and-gold sky, her head back, hands uplifted as if in grateful prayer

Celebrating God at his appointed times

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  • Post last modified:October 7, 2025

Long ago, God designed three times of celebration, times when his people, still today, can say to the press and the stress of life: “You wait a minute, while I delight in the Lord.”

A view of the Dead Sea, with palm trees growing in the foreground, on the Israeli side, and in the background, the mountains of Jordan
The Dead Sea

“The Diamond Turns”

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  • Post last modified:October 7, 2025

For two hours, I looked up at the night sky from my seat under a palm tree in the lowest place on earth - and I sang to the Lord with the nations.