Messages from Young Adults

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Lesson 11 — Optimism: Happiness and Healing

Back when I was a teenager, I distinctly remember many times a particular girl, when she would host AY, would invariably begin with asking if everybody was happy to be there. Just before she moved on to whatever she was going to say, she would add, “Yes, we’re always supposed to be happy, because we’re [...]

Lesson 3: The Fruit of the Spirit is Joy

Lesson 3: The Fruit of the Spirit is Joy

It is ironic that joy is the focus of our lesson on a week where the world is zoomed in on the devastation that has taken place in Haiti. How can you even begin to talk about joy as you look at the images of bodies in the streets, a crumbled city, and panicked people, [...]