by Elaine Olsen | Jan 1, 2013 | anchor verse, conviction, discipleship, ministry life
I read his words in the early morning hours of 2013, beginning words about new things, new hopes, new desires (especially as it pertains to those who busy themselves with resolution list-making): “They believe that a good intention already means a new...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 27, 2012 | living God's truth, pain, words, writing
“We’re growing older, realizing we cannot stop the hands of time.” So said my elder friend in her annual Christmas greeting to my family. I felt the profundity of her proclamation. It’s nothing new; it just hit me harder this go around, struck me in the center...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 25, 2012 | christmas
From my home to yours, Merry Christmas. May the Present of the Presence of Christ rest upon you and yours as you travel to Bethlehem and beyond in this season. Jesus Christ . . . the beautiful crescendo of God’s heart! I pray you feel heaven’s pulse today....
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 16, 2012 | Advent, christmas, evil, faith, grief, pain, trust
My daughter could barely get through the final paragraph. Her tears prevented her progress, her heart tenderly wrapped around and invested in the story of the faithful saint, Corrie ten Boom. Corrie finished her earthly chapter on her ninety-first birthday, only to...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 12, 2012 | Advent, christmas, church life, contests, faith, give aways, pilgrimage
Go to where love lives. This was God’s message to me earlier today . . . to go out into the world and find where love lives, where love is. Where the sights and sounds of Christmas are still burning their witness—those homes and those folks who aren’t afraid to deck...
