by Elaine Olsen | Oct 30, 2009 | freedom, montana, pilgrimage, trust
for “Montana” and for pilgrims everywhere who dare to dream it… Wanderlust. That desire in each one of us to roam and to move beyond the current boundaries that cradle us in order to explore the wild unknown with carefree abandon. A search...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 28, 2009 | a quick word, Bible Study, video
We’ve just put God’s punctuation mark on our fall Bible study. I thought you’d like to see some of the sweet faces that shared the last seven weeks with me. Truly, they are more than I deserve–God’s gift to me in this season of my life....
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 25, 2009 | church life, living God's truth, sundays, worship
9:10 AM. Wal-Mart. Check-out line. This morning. Sunday morning. I didn’t want to be there. I try and avoid Sundays and Wal-Mart, but when my children informed me that today was the day they’d be packing their Samaritan’s Purse, Christmas shoeboxes during the Sunday...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
For all of God’s missionaries, at home and abroad, who carry his candle to dispel the world’s darkness. “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 19, 2009 | a quick word, a quick word marriage, faith, family fun, marriage, trust
I was fully prepared to write another post today, a post that God has graciously allowed me to tuck away for a season; maybe forever. Today he gave me a “pass” on something. Today his favor has come to me and my household in tangible measure, and I am humbled and...