by Elaine Olsen | Aug 26, 2009 | a quick word, living God's truth, provision, trust
“And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19).What do you do when your kids ask you for lunch money? When those slips of paper come home from school announcing the menu choices for the upcoming week, and...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 24, 2009 | a quick word, video
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 19, 2009 | a quick word, discipleship, living God's truth, LOAM, worship
“Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” (John 4:15). Where is your “here”? The well you return to, time and again, in order to quench your insatiable thirst? What “deep and dark” cavernous hole beckons your...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 14, 2009 | a quick word, family fun
Today, we packed our second-born son for his freshman year at college. Tomorrow, we’ll move him in. On Saturday, we’ll pack our first-born son for his junior year at college. On Sunday, we’ll move him in. And somewhere between now and then, my heart...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 12, 2009 | a quick word, living God's truth, worship
(For my friend, Sassy Granny, who has me thinking about worship… thanks for your post.) “Thinking he was the gardener, she said, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned toward...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 24, 2009 | a quick word, living God's truth, parenting
“Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man’s life is but a breath.” (Psalm 39:4-5). Two boys at eight-years-old.Two...
