by Elaine Olsen | Dec 26, 2011 | christmas, God's voice, silence
My voice has been silenced in the last twenty-four hours. Literally. Sickness has claimed my vocal cords. This has never happened to me before, not completely in the way it has happened for me this time around. My whispered shouts for the attention of others are met...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 19, 2011 | christmas
I’m relieved that I don’t have to make something out of Christmas. Christmas already is something … all on its own … completely and wonderfully set apart from me. There’s nothing I can do or not do that will a lter the truth of its glorious revelation....
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 15, 2011 | christian perfection, family fun, grace, parenting
My son came home sobbing yesterday. “I can’t do it again, mom. It’s not fair. I missed one problem on my Math test… one problem, and she’s making me take it all over again. And she said it would be harder … 28 problems instead of 12. I made a 92%, and it wasn’t...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 12, 2011 | christmas, discipleship, living God's truth, peace, pilgrimage
“A voice of one calling: ‘In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; Make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, Every mountain and hill made low; The rough ground shall become level, The rugged places a plain. And… The...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 6, 2011 | dad, family fun, grace, parenting, pilgrimage
My dad is the funniest man I know. Not the stand-up comedic kind of funny, but the everyday conversation kind of funny. As the man walketh, so does his humor. Those of you who know him well, know this to be true. Those of you who know me well, know this also to be...
