by Elaine Olsen | Aug 13, 2010 | a quick word, prayer
***See update below… Would you do me a favor? Would you pray for baby girl… my Amelia? Today was the first day of school for my two youngest at their new school. Jadon fared pretty well, but Amelia… well, not so well. She got sick at lunch, played by...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 9, 2010 | family fun, Holy Spirit, prayer
My daughter celebrated her 8th birthday this past week. At the top of her wish list? A little bit of money (her words, not mine). I read her list aloud to my precious group of “ancients” back in my former town (I had to return this week for a Dr.’s visit, scheduling...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 5, 2010 | book review
Divine edges—“the point at which something is likely to begin.” A God, kind of something. So says Sandi Patty in her latest book The Edge of the Divine: Where Possibility Meets God’s Faithfulness. I’m not much on writing book reviews, not because I don’t like to read...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 3, 2010 | faith, grace, living God's truth, writing
Fantastic life stories. Do you have one? I don’t… at least not when measured by the world’s standards. Let me explain. By fantastic, I don’t necessarily mean grand, glorious, excellent, superb or a dozen or so other synonyms meaning the same. What I mean is more along...