by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 19, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
The other morning, as I poured my coffee and mixed up my daughter’s breakfast shake, I heard a rustling behind me. Our cat, Sebastian, was poking around on the floor of our pantry, messing with the plastic grocery bags that mysteriously multiply there. I shook my head...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 12, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
Driving down the road this morning, I saw a license plate from a county I’d never heard of prior to my freshman year of college. My friend Sarah was from Dallas; not knowing there was a tiny town in northwest Georgia by that name, I assumed she had come to Berry...
by Jessica Bolyard | Sep 6, 2012 | Faith, Family, Fellowship
I am amazed by the ways my little girl teaches me. I think that’s how it often is for many of us: in becoming parents, we think we’re going to be the teachers. We think it’s all up to us to impart knowledge and life skills and directions for life. On good days, we...
by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 28, 2012 | Faith, Family, Fellowship
An early morning news show yesterday morning had me huffing and “tsk”ing at the screen the same way I’ve seen men scream and shout at football games. The story I was watching wasn’t particularly controversial. It wasn’t about politics or religion. It didn’t attack...
by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 21, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
I love movies. I love the feeling of getting lost in a story that’s nothing like my own story line. There’s something in my anxious personality that relishes any chance I get to become engrossed in something far from my reality. Someone else’s story sometimes gives...
by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 1, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
One thing I’ve learned as the mother of an inquisitive three year old is that if I am going to do something, I should have a real reason why I’m doing it. I need to live intentionally. I need to be able to offer an explanation for anything I choose to do…or rather, I...
