by Elaine Olsen | Aug 5, 2010 | book review
Divine edges—“the point at which something is likely to begin.” A God, kind of something. So says Sandi Patty in her latest book The Edge of the Divine: Where Possibility Meets God’s Faithfulness. I’m not much on writing book reviews, not because I don’t like to read...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 3, 2010 | faith, grace, living God's truth, writing
Fantastic life stories. Do you have one? I don’t… at least not when measured by the world’s standards. Let me explain. By fantastic, I don’t necessarily mean grand, glorious, excellent, superb or a dozen or so other synonyms meaning the same. What I mean is more along...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 26, 2010 | friendship, grace, living God's truth, the least of these, words
I asked him to repeat his name to me, not because I didn’t hear him but, rather, because I didn’t think I heard him correctly. Doris. Or Dorrace. That’s what he said. I “googled” it upon returning home; apparently Doris was a popular name for boys in the...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 19, 2010 | friendship, give aways, peace for the journey
Today it is my privilege to introduce you to one of my dearest blogging friends, Judith. I met Judith early into my blogging foray, and over the past two plus years, we’ve become kindred friends. Although we’ve never met face-to-face, our hearts are...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 15, 2010 | christian perfection, conviction, Holy Spirit, knowing God, living God's truth
“But if I say, ‘I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.” (Jeremiah 20:9). I wish you could see me this morning… all fussed up in the middle...
