Joy to the World!

To answer that question, I need to consider the meaning of joy. It is much deeper than fun and happiness, but we should never play down fun and happiness. We have enough misery to deal with πŸ˜€. Provided we aren’t doing anything wrong or hurtful to others or ourselves, fun and happiness are to be … Continue reading Joy to the World!

Hymn Themes: Joyful Melodies

All hymns point to God, and thinking about God is always going to bring some element of joy, but here I’m thinking particularly of songs with joyful melodies, sometimes associated with Jewish folk music. Way back in the 1970s, Stuart Dauermann wrote Trees of the Field (You Shall Go Out with Joy) for the Liberated … Continue reading Hymn Themes: Joyful Melodies