by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 6, 2013 | Faith
Over the weekends during this series, I want to highlight some of my favorite worship artists and songs. As we’ll explore later in the series (possibly next week), music is one of the most powerful ways God has given us to worship and experience Him. That has always...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 5, 2013 | Faith
If you’ve been following along with our 31 Days of Worship and Music series, I welcome you back. If you’re new here, I would encourage you to check back with some of the previous posts in the series – but it’s not required. I have...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 4, 2013 | Faith
This past summer, my four year old daughter decided about once a week that she wanted to dress like me. It started one day when we were meeting some friends for a playdate. I was wearing a T-shirt and jeans with my trusty flip-flops, and she announced that she wanted...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 3, 2013 | Faith
Worship is a complicated thing, and as I’ve been working on this series I’ve realized the immense depth of the subject. I’ve been doing a lot of research, but clearly can’t include all of the wonderful information I’ve unearthed in the...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 2, 2013 | Faith
I am a word nerd. There’s no denying it. One of the first things I do when preparing a message or a post is to look up the definition of any words central to what I’m trying to say. Before I go any further in this month-long discussion of worship, then, I...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 30, 2013 | Faith
On a recent Sunday morning, I stopped where I was during the first song of church and looked around the room. Several hundred people were gathered in the semi-darkness, and from my position on the side of the room I could see most of them. Most were facing forward,...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 25, 2013 | Faith, Fellowship
I had an hour before I had to pick up my daughter from school, so I was leisurely perusing the aisles at Target. Having chaperoned her class trip to a pet store that morning, I needed a little grownup solitude before beginning the rest of my day. I discovered some...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 11, 2013 | Faith
It’s been two days since I heard his pitiful cry at the back door. It’s how he and I would begin our mornings, ever since he showed some discontent with his indoor living situation and became an indoor/outdoor kitty. I would turn on the light in the...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 5, 2013 | Faith, Family
I stand in the sun outside the car. I check my phone, and sure enough: the minutes until church starts are dwindling to nothing. The heat bounces off the parking lot and reflects off the car until my face is damp with sweat. “Come ON, sweetheart. We have to...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 4, 2013 | Faith, Family
On our second trip out onto the beach that day, she made the inevitable discovery that the sand castle she and her daddy had worked so hard to build had disappeared. She walked in circles around the spot where it should have been, the question flashing in her eyes:...
