by danking | May 29, 2013 | Miscellaneous
“I promise, sweetheart. It will do its job. It will not let you go under.” As I said those words for the hundredth time that weekend, I looked once again into her skeptical eyes. The life jacket hung from my insistent hands, outstretched toward her in a...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 15, 2013 | Faith
A couple of weeks ago my daughter’s teacher sent home a plastic ziplock baggy with two beans in it. The beans represented hours of anticipation on behalf of her preschool class, as they watched and waited for the two beans to show signs of life. Finally, roots...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 6, 2013 | Faith
It was one of those mornings when it seems the clouds have come for a forever visit. They were low-lying, drifting not up above as usual but meandering about, mingling with us ground-dwellers. They minded their own business, certainly, and had no concern for the...
by Jessica Bolyard | Apr 9, 2013 | Faith, Fellowship
After church the other day, I was talking with a friend about a particularly stressful and anxiety-inducing situation she is dealing with right now. She is waiting on a decision to be made – by someone else – that will affect her life in real ways every...
by Jessica Bolyard | Mar 20, 2013 | Faith, Fellowship
I didn’t know what to think about it then, and I’m not sure what to think about it now. He sat on the sidewalk outside the store, the narrow awning doing little to shield him from the misty rain. A half-burnt cigarette dangled from his dirty fingers; a...
