Around the holidays, we hear songs about joy—whether that’s “joy to the world,” or “tidings of comfort and joy.” But what is joy, and where can we find it these days? Psychologists define joy as a ...

Joy. I’ve had a bit of a fascination with it over the years. Mostly because it can be elusive in our attempts to define it and to know it. Some concepts aren’t easily defined, because of their ...

As Christians, we should be the most hopeful and joyful of all people on this planet because we serve a sovereign God who is still reigning on His throne. What is joy? Here is my best attempt at a ...

Christian Wiman, a poet known for his meditations on mortality, has long been fascinated by joy and by its relative absence in modern literature. Why is joy so resistant to language, he asks? How has ...