Happiness Isn’t Enough

by Charisma Staff | Mar 30, 2012 | Charisma Archive

Kay Warren, wife of popular pastor Rick Warren, gives women a crash course in joy with her new book, Choose Joy (Revell). Kay shares how joy isn’t determined by circumstance and establishes basic truths that prove how accessible joy is to anyone.

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