by Jessica Bolyard | Feb 25, 2015 | Faith
During my junior year of college, in the spring of 2002, I spent a semester studying in Spain. It was a practical choice for someone with an international studies/cultural studies/Spanish major. It made sense for someone who wanted to one day work for an international...
by Jessica Bolyard | Feb 18, 2015 | Faith
Today is Ash Wednesday. It’s Lent already, and I don’t have a plan. Some of you are appalled reading that. Some of you have known for awhile what you were going to do (or not do) during Lent. God spoke to you – you heard His voice – and now...
by Jessica Bolyard | Dec 2, 2014 | Faith, Family
Hello, friends – I hope you are well, and that your Thanksgiving holiday was filled with joy and light and laughter. Laughter is such medicine to weary hearts and souls, and I think so much of what ails our spirits would be healed if we found time and space to...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 22, 2014 | Faith, Family
We’re nearly three months into the school year, and I still feel like I’m pretending. We’ve gone from the blistering heat of August to the cool, leaf-blowing breezes of October, and I still don’t feel like this is real. For ten weeks now...
by Jessica Bolyard | Oct 6, 2014 | Faith, Family
When my Grandpa got sick a couple of years ago, my sisters and parents and aunts and uncles and I all began the bittersweet task of sorting through his things. He was very insistent that we take what we wanted of his extensive book collection, and he wanted us to do...