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Jessica Bolyard

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A Leap of Grace (or, “I’m going on vacation and didn’t write posts ahead of time.”)

October 8, 2013 by Jessica Bolyard 1 Comment

Friends, it’s time for me to do something out of the ordinary.  I’m going to give myself some grace. I’ve been working really hard to research and write the posts for this series, and it has been a wonderful process for me.  I’m actually glad that the series is far from over, because God is working on me through it and I know I have more to learn. However. I

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Worship: Why does church matter?

October 8, 2013 by Jessica Bolyard 1 Comment

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 intentionally planned the series so that each day’s message builds on those before, but so that each could also stand alone.  I know how life

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Worship: More Than Just “A Church Thing”

October 7, 2013 by Jessica Bolyard 2 Comments

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 intentionally planned the series so that each day’s message builds on those before, but so that each could also stand alone.  I know how life

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Weekend Worship (Part 2)

October 6, 2013 by Jessica Bolyard Leave a Comment

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 been my experience, and I am excited to simply share lyrics, videos, stories, and artists with you that have ushered me into

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Weekend Worship (Part 1)

October 5, 2013 by Jessica Bolyard Leave a Comment

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 intentionally planned the series so that each day’s message builds on those before, but so that each could also stand alone.  I know how life

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Worship and Us: Why does it matter?

October 4, 2013 by Jessica Bolyard 2 Comments

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 to wear the very same thing…same shirt, same pants, same shoes. The very. same. thing, right down to the delicate silver

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Worship and God

October 3, 2013 by Jessica Bolyard Leave a Comment

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 process. I’ll include links to some of my favorite sites at the bottom of this post in case you are interested in doing some digging on your own. Did

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What is Worship?

October 2, 2013 by Jessica Bolyard Leave a Comment

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 think it’s important to determine what worship is. After all…how can we know how to do something –

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Worship and Music: A 31-Day Series

September 30, 2013 by Jessica Bolyard 11 Comments

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, looking toward the screens on the walls or the band onstage. Most were standing, but some stayed seated. Some were singing;

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