by Jessica Bolyard | Apr 20, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
I wrote this post after reflecting for awhile on a friendship I got to watch develop while I was in Belize. One of our team members blew my mind and inspired me with her fantastic grace and unconditional love for one of society’s forgotten children, and I...
by Jessica Bolyard | Apr 18, 2012 | Faith
“All I know is I am not home yet. This is not where I belong. Take this world and give me Jesus. This is not where I belong.” (Building 429) It has been a little more than a week since I stepped off the hot, dusty tarmac in Belize and boarded a plane bound for...
by Jessica Bolyard | Mar 27, 2012 | Faith
March 27, 2013 – This is an older post, published exactly one year ago. Since then, I have been on two more trips to Belize and have left more and more pieces of myself there. The same issues are weighing on my mind and my heart today, and in my homesickness...
by Jessica Bolyard | Mar 15, 2012 | Faith
I got new glasses today. I’ve worn glasses since third grade, when my teacher told my parents that she didn’t think I could see the board and the overhead and everything else at the front of the room. Over twenty years later, I am still impressed that she picked up...
by Jessica Bolyard | Mar 1, 2012 | Faith
Then He said to then all, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.” (Luke 9:23-24) There it is. The core of...
by Jessica Bolyard | Feb 18, 2012 | Faith
Fear. I’ve spent most of my adult life trying to run from it – telling myself that my fears are unjustified and even imagined. I’ve seen counselors and doctors. I’ve cried many, many tears and hidden in too many dark rooms because of fear. I’ve missed out on things...
