by Elaine Olsen | Apr 24, 2014 | a quick word, discipleship, friendship, kingdom, living God's truth, ministry life, peace, peace for the journey, pilgrimage
A few things occur to me this morning while reading Luke’s account of “Jesus sending out the seventy-two” (Luke 10:1-24). In particular, I’m focusing on two sentiments/phrases that Jesus instructed his disciples to use in their evangelism campaigns. What...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 22, 2014 | brokenness, calling, faith, grace, living God's truth, ministry life, peace for the journey, pilgrimage
“But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go; … There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 9, 2014 | freedom, grace, hope, kingdom, living God's truth, pilgrimage, thanksgiving
I’m turning forty-eight this week … again. Let me explain. For the past year, I’ve been telling folks that I’m forty-eight. I’m not kidding. Somewhere in the madness of this last year called My Life, I lost a year. So when my birthday rolls around on Thursday, really...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 2, 2014 | a quick word, artistry, creation, heaven, worship
“Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.” –Rev. 4:6 Every now and again, God drops diamonds from the sky, dressing his earth with a glimpse of heaven. He did so today, right around dinner time. I wonder if anyone...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 31, 2014 | desert dwelling, Easter, family fun, pilgrimage
The Gospels make it clear—you can’t make the ‘Lenten Journey’ without the desert and wilderness. That forty-day trek is rough terrain. All that stuff about wild beasts, temptations, and hunger, we’d rather not talk about it. And the cruelty of it; “Lord, can we...
