by Elaine Olsen | Jul 31, 2009 | feast of dedication
“Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, ‘I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?’” (John 10:31-32). I’m not comfortable with the question; still and yet, it’s mine to answer. It’s yours...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 28, 2009 | feast of dedication
“Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.” (John 10:22). They should have expected his presence in the midst of their celebration. After all, these were his people and this was his...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 26, 2009 | living God's truth, words, writing
The next post.This is it … the one following the last one. I sometimes wonder when the next post will be the last post. I’m not there yet, but I sometimes wonder. After 220 posts, is there really anything left to say?A year and a half’s worth of ramblings has...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 24, 2009 | a quick word, living God's truth, parenting
“Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man’s life is but a breath.” (Psalm 39:4-5). Two boys at eight-years-old.Two...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 22, 2009 | brokenness, calling, conviction, faith, freedom, Gail, grace, living God's truth, the least of these
“Pray that God restores a place in me…” That was her request. It haunts me now, some seven hours down the road. She spoke it from a place of absolute brokenness and ample isolation. She also asked me to pray that the devil would stop doing bad things to her … that God...
