Steve Hayner was serving as president of Columbia Seminary and was healthy and fit when he found out he had terminal pancreatic cancer. These pages, including reflections from some of those closest to Steve and his wife Sharol, offer us a hope-filled glimpse into what it means to walk with God in honesty, with joy, even through great pain.

A heartwarming tale of the adventure, friendship, and growth of a lost kitten named Joy, as she finds her way back home. This story is a tale of growth and connection, which is filled with lovable characters, each with their own adventures and lessons learned, all leading Joy toward home where she belongs.

Joy’s story is really many small journeys that make up an astounding life. It takes her from an extremely poor farm in Oklahoma to the despair that caused her to climb an oil rig with the intent of jumping off, on to a short career as a commercial fisherman, years as a gypsy, then onward to a career that culminated in being a private contractor in the Middle East. The journey that wraps it all is the story of the journey she began at age eighty-three in order to survive the heartbreak of her husband’s death. Do not get the idea that this is a sad story. You will feel cheered and inspired all the way. She covered all the countries in Europe and more, completely alone, spontaneously bouncing from one hostel to another. The adventures and lessons make for captivating reading.

This book is filled with real-life personal stories, testimonies, prayers, scriptures, and answers to help women find wisdom, strength and salvation. Each thought-provoking story is concluded with a light-hearted story providing readers with lots of laughter.

"The Journey of Joy is distinguished by its focus on human rights and social justice movements. Guzman aims to inspire as well as provide practical information. The combination of quotes, photographs, resources, and the international perspective on human struggle makes this a unique offering that may appeal to readers for reasons beyond the poetry's level of sophistication." BlueInk Review. The Journey of Joy, divided in four chapters entitled "New York," "Love," "Reality" and "Life," touches on a diversity of current concerns. These are the boroughs where, traveling fast, the poet discovers the self every day. Flashing through sensory experience, she has supercharged the Whitmanesque style in the 21st century. At breathing spots, Gandhi, Prophet Mohamed, Martin Luther King, Jr. and like personages are quoted. Cellphone text messages, New Yorker code and Guzman's American, Ecuadorian and Bolivian background are mashed into a funk rave that sweeps her audience along into a state of belief that the citizens of humanity do make a difference for peace in the music of a thousand languages that soothe the New York air.

A warm and engaging read, this companion volume to the best-selling Joy for the Journey offers more of the excellent spiritual writings and select Scripture verses that made the first book such a huge success. This beautifully designed book is a popular and pleasing combination of practical advice and uplifting encouragement written by women for women.

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her Emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The Emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. This lively movie retelling comes with a squishy, gummy, light-up Joy. Prompts throughout the book tell young readers when to make Joy light up!

Can You Imagine More Joy in Your Life? Read About How Other Women Created Joy & How You Can Too! A Journey to Joy is sometimes ordinary to the naked eye, but to the critical observer and the woman who lived it, her journey is one of magnificent courage and perhaps a leap of faith into uncharted waters. Within the pages of this uplifting anthology book we share an array of intimate and heartfelt stories by real and inspiring women who have found true joy and freedom through the living of everyday life, as well as those who are still finding their way on this path. Each journey is unique - and not always pretty - but you will surely see the beauty through their words. A Journey to Joy is sometimes accompanied by stepping out of one's comfort zone and always accompanied by life lessons. The newly acquired wisdom is sometimes hard-won and yet it often becomes the sweetest to savor. These stories reveal the depth of the lives of these incredible women - the bitter and sweet, the fruitful and lost, the hard-fought battles and the ease of allowing. There are as many paths to joy as there are women. Enjoy, celebrate and discover your own joy through these touching, true stories. Discover these Joyful Lessons and Savor the Gifts: * Dedicating yourself to your life's purpose is a gift to the world * Healing from unspeakable tragedy comes with many gifts * You attract who you are, not what you want * Financial abundance doesn't bring joy; emotional abundance does * Angels are all around you; all you need do is call on them * How to live life and even thrive after the loss of a loved one * When the student is ready the teacher will appear * Rays of sunshine are ever-present - even behind the clouds * Creativity lives in each of us and we can consciously awaken it * Forgiveness forges its' own path to love and joy * You were born worthy and deserving of great good

Do you find yourself rushing along the path of your life frustrated, unmotivated and seeking deeper meaning? Are you looking for inspiration, motivation, and renewal? Joy for the Journey is a collection of thoughts, stories, and anecdotes that inspire and challenge readers to look at life from a different perspective. Joy for the Journey will provide you with a new sense of motivation and appreciation for life.

Sandra was a happy lady. Good husband, beautiful kids, dream home, and an interesting career. Still, something beneath her surface was unsettled. Why weren't all the pieces of what should be a perfect puzzle fitting together? Then, on New Year's Day, a day that usually represents a new beginning, one honest, far-too-long buried conversation leads to the end of all that she has come to know. Through a series of emotional highs and lows, she walks a path of self-discovery through the next 12 months of her life, where she meets new friends, discovers a new passion, and uncovers important truths--each step guiding her to the true happiness that was waiting for her on the other side and the opportunity to meet the real Sandra Marie Tiedam.