21 February 2012

Is Living Joyfully Really Possible?

Kay Warren (the wife of Rick Warren) says that it is, and she has spent a long time teaching women what joy really is, where to find it, and how to choose to live joyfully even in the tough times.

Now that teaching is made available to women far and wide, in her forthcoming book Choose Joy (April 2012).

Split into four sections, the book addresses joy as your inheritance, joy as a conviction of mind, joy as a condition of the heart and joy as a behavioural choice.

It might be a relief to know that Kay herself says that joy doesn't come easily to her - so she knows what it's like to have to work at it.  To Kay, the bottom line is that joy is a choice, and that choice is completely up to you, and is not dependent on anyone else.  This makes sense when you stop thinking of joy as merely an emotion.  Kay's definition of joy is:

"Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be all right, and the determined choice to praise God in all things."

And therein is both reassurance and challenge.

The book stands on its own, but will also be a DVD pack available containing two disks, and a Participant's Guide for those working through the book in a group.

See below for information on our marketing and publicity plans. For more details feel free to contact me.

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