HeyJaredWords to Worship
Mediocre at best, still writing anyway | Master’s in Biblical Studies, I occasionally know what I’m talking about. | I write about faith, beauty, and the strange journey of being human. Life is weird, welcome to my thoughts.
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Water the Humans (opens the original)
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We need more beauty in the world, but I don’t mean projected beauty into objects for viewing pleasure, I mean human to human beauty. That, I feel, is lacking mightily in our age. I, like most sane humans, am moved by art. A photo can punch me in the gut in the best way. Songs and voice send goose pimples down my body. A painting that embodies a story causes one to self-reflect and feel a bit lighter in the moment. A good book or article motivates me to have eyes to see. This, I would argue, is h
Am I a Good Mother, God? (opens the original)
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I dropped her off at school with that pit in my stomach feeling as she entered with a sour demeanor. Am I doing the right thing? Am I a good mother? Is she receiving all the things I never received as a child, that I try so hard to give to her? With a headache ensuing above my right eye, frustration towards my husband because he was the closest confidant after drop off, and that sick to my stomach feeling, I asked to be dropped off at home. We had plans to take the car in for maintenance and we
The Sabbatical We've All Been Waiting For (opens the original)
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Have you ever gone away, to a cabin in the middle of nowhere, to be alone with the creator of the universe? It is simply worth doing so. Two years ago my husband and I each took two days, separate of one another, and went to the same cabin in the middle of Oklahoma. No screens, phones silenced, books, a journal, and lots of quiet slow moments. It changed our lives then and it changed our lives again, just a few weeks ago, when my husband did his second sabbatical. This one shook us to our core a
Autumn's Announcement (opens the original)
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What's changing (and why) at Words to Worship (opens the original)
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Hi friends,For one year, Words to Worship has been a free space — and it’s going to stay that way. Every essay I write will always land in your inbox, no paywall, no catch.But I want to do something more for the readers who want to go deeper. So starting this week, I’m opening a paid tier.Here’s what that means, practically:Once a quarter, paid subscribers will get a Director’s Commentary essay — a behind-the-scenes look at one piece that mattered to me. The line I almost cut. The doubt I didn’t
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