This time of year we are urged to feel and spread joy, but these superficial messages are often in the service of merchandising.  In a follow-up to our service of November 21, Susan Kaphammer invites you to take a deeper look at ordinary joy and joy that changes the world, at joy in the midst of dark times and the dance between worry and joy.  Let’s consider that, “Maybe joy opens us / as much as we open to it.” (Soul Matters)