by Elaine Olsen | Nov 10, 2010 | calling, cancer, cancer volume 4, freedom, knowing God, pilgrimage
“Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3) Calling. Yours and mine. You know the word. If you’re immersed in pop-Christian culture, then you’ve heard it before, probably even received...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 6, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 2, family fun, parenting, pilgrimage, words
I had lunch with the sisters last week. I’ve yet to tell you much about them… these three Southern women connected by birth and each of them hovering toward eighty years of age. I first met them on a Saturday before that Monday (August 23, 2010—a date now...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 2, 2010 | calling, cancer, cancer video, living God's truth, pilgrimage, video
{the Market House… will make sense if you watch the video}Twenty-four points of sacred intersection between my heart and theirs—those twenty-four precious souls that God chose to weave into my morning and lunch hour. I probably missed someone in my...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 1, 2010 | a quick word, cancer, cancer volume 2, friendship
I don’t have many words for you today; they are stuck inside of me, and I am frustrated by their accumulation. Can one explode from word retention? I hope so; I hope they will come forth in time, but for now they remain buried beneath the weightiness of my daily...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 28, 2010 | a quick word, cancer, cancer video, creation, living God's truth, video
“Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden;” {Genesis 2:8}”This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” {John 15:8}”But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,...