I must also comment on this article which I read before you posted it Tom. As I was thinking about it, I thought of the believers I know,many of whom are going through very difficult trials. The one thing I can say is that they have and I have, a joy that can only be from the Lord. As Pilgrim stated so well, it is not a feeling so much as a state of being.Knowing I am loved by the Almighty God of the Universe, not because of who I am, but because of who He is, gives me joy.
I must say as C.S.Lewis, that I was surprised by this joy.My life before Christ was anything but joyful. When He lifted me out of the pit of addiction, I knew that he was a God I could put my faith and trust in. The fact that he is always there,that His grace is sufficient for all my needs,that He is bringing me from glory to glory, thrills my being.
All that is to say that, I would not and have not been in a church where folks don't have this joy. The joy is in the Knowing and being Know.
Maybe this writer is hanging around the wrong churches.

Be killing sin or it will be killing you. John Owen