by Elaine Olsen | Jun 7, 2008 | parenting, Raising Faith
For my mother…who taught me how to find my silence.Nick, 1989Colton, 1991Jadon, 2000 Amelia, 2002“When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 4, 2008 | parenting, Raising Faith
For my dad who taught me to find my voice.What do cheeseburgers at a local hamburger joint, sippy cups, potty breaks, the movie Transformers, politics, church doctrine, and apologetics have in common?Absolutely nothing if you are an outsider looking in. But if you are...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 3, 2008 | parenting, Raising Faith
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when...
by Elaine Olsen | May 31, 2008 | living God's truth, rest
“Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from...
by Elaine Olsen | May 28, 2008 | family fun, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, parenting, theology
“Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’” (John 4:13-14). She couldn’t have known...
