by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 24, 2012 | Faith, Family
My husband and I are homebodies. We love, love, love to be at home. There are few things we like more than getting food from somewhere (because – duh – I don’t have to cook) and watching a movie curled up on the couch. We are content living in our...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 24, 2012 | Faith, Family
Yesterday we broke the ice on the idea of balance within a marriage, and today I’d like to get right into why this is so important. As I mentioned, more is at stake when a marriage settles for imbalance than when an individual does so. I believe that because...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 23, 2012 | Faith, Family
I’m a little surprised at myself. I’ve spent twenty-two days now (!!!) writing on living a balanced life PERSONALLY – as an individual – and I don’t think I have really even touched on the idea of living a balanced life IN COMMUNITY. As...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 22, 2012 | Faith
What I feel led to discuss today is not exciting to me. Quite the contrary. It’s a lot easier – and much more pleasant, may I add – to discuss things that I feel like I am doing well. It’s easier, too, to talk about things I know I need to work...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 21, 2012 | Faith
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If you love the world, the love of the Father is not in you. These are the ways of the world: wanting to please our sinful selves, wanting the sinful things we see, and being too proud of what we have. None of these...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 20, 2012 | Faith
In the car this morning, I heard on the news that one of the candidates for the French presidency has the elimination of all homework as part of his platform. When I first heard that, I thought it was ridiculous, but then they explained: he feels strongly that even at...
