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Find Joy No Matter What

Join me, Jill Baughan, this season for a podcast full of stories that will show you how to find JOY in the middle of hard places.

Your life may be far from perfect.

Your joy may seem like it’s gone underground.

If so, it’s high time for a resurrection.

For a few minutes each week, I’ll tell you a story–one that just might inspire a way to uncover some joy you might be looking for. Then, together, we’ll consider how it might speak to your own life. And finally, I’ll offer a benediction to send you into your day…or into your night.

So… if you’re up for doing a few joy shots with a friend, my friend…Come and join us!

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EPISODES

Best of! Podcast Episode 183: This Christmas–Receive The Gifts Of Grief

There’s a lot of pressure to be joyful during this season. And sometimes, when you are grieving, joy is difficult to rustle up on demand. Grief, of course, usually comes as a result of loss. It could be that someone dear has died, or a relationship has ended, leaving...

Best of! Podcast Episode 50: Pray Anyway

Do you pray? And if you do, and even if you've been at it for a long time, do you ever have questions about the whys and the whens and the hows and the what fors? I'll be honest, this can be some tricky territory for me--and even though I pray a lot, I have a rather...

BEST OF: Podcast Episode 191: Be Funner

Hey, are you having enough fun these days? If your answer is “No!” (or even “Yes,” because, let’s be honest, who can possibly have too much fun?) this week’s podcast is for you. Catherine Price, in her book, The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again (a most fetching...

Best of! Podcast Episode 73: Chill

Hey, are you finding yourself kind of uptight these days? You might just want to stop that. Author Marilyn Meberg says, When we take ourselves and life too seriously, we miss opportunities for a good laugh, and the tension this produces can kill future laughs before...

Best Of! Podcast Episode 45: Never Do That Again

Can you write a list of 10 things you'll never do again? Things that you made a decision to do and, let's just say it didn't go well? What would be on such a list? (Someone called this an "anti-bucket list.") When a website called Quora.com asked that question, the...

Best Of! Podcast Episode 68-Break The Rules

If the words “I really shouldn’t be doing this at my age,” have ever crossed your mind, I would love for you to join me in a manhunt for whoever made “the rules” about age-appropriate behavior. I think we learned these rules when we were very young, watching other...

Best Of! Podcast Episode 30-Turn Your Body Blues Into Joy

Can we talk about what you look like? My guess is, you're already cringing, which is sad because sometimes our perception of our own looks can keep us from a life of joy, and, may I just say, "Ain't nobody got time for that." If you're a regular person, there's...

Best Of! Podcast Episode 89: Fall Down. Then Get Up.

Ignoring good advice often has a price. Maybe you already knew this. Maybe you have your own stories of your own failure to heed good advice. Times when you were a kid, maybe, and plunged headlong into a dumb adventure before your brain had finished growing? And...

Best of! Podcast Episode 178-Encourage The “Intern”

Two years ago, an HBO Max intern accidentally sent a blank test email to part of its subscriber list. The subject line read “Integration Test Email #1,” and the message read, “This template is used by integration tests only.” Naturally, this left subscribers...

BEST OF! Podcast Episode 126: Rest Your Heart

I continue to thank you for your kind words and enthusiastic response to my new book, No Matter What: 90 Devotions for Experiencing Unexpected Joy in Tough Times. Maybe you know someone who could use some encouragement with a sense of humor. If so, I’d love it if...