by Elaine Olsen | Mar 28, 2012 | a quick word, faith, fast, prayer, surrender
The aroma from the kitchen reaches my nostrils. It’s 4:58 PM… dinnertime. The first time in the last twenty hours when I’ve noticed my hunger. I wonder why it has taken so long… this noticing of emptiness. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened sooner. I suppose it makes...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 2, 2012 | a quick word, friendship, words
“What’s this about? Forgive me if I’m prying, but you tossed it out there, and I caught it.” This was her response to me in an e-mail after I left a comment to one of her recent blog posts. It doesn’t much matter the content of my original comment; what...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 10, 2011 | a quick word, family fun
And so … we begin again. Quite a contrast to where we were standing a year ago. A year ago, our nerves were raw with anticipation and expectation for the beginning of a new academic year. New school; new teachers; new friends; new everything. Brother handled the...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 8, 2011 | a quick word, writing
I had an experience yesterday… not unlike the ones I had with her. I’ve spent the better part of my morning thinking about my experience, writing a few words to memorialize our encounter. I’m not sharing the fullness of that writing in a post, but I...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 24, 2011 | a quick word, living God's truth
“A woman in the crowd called out, ‘Blessed is the mother who gave birth and nursed you.’ He replied, ‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.’” (Luke 11:27-28) What “word” are your hearing from God this week?...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 17, 2011 | a quick word, peace for the journey
Today, while running a quick errand with my kids (is there really such a thing… a quick errand?), we were listening to Audrey Assad’s For Love of You. I haven’t listened to the CD in months; actually, I haven’t listened to much music over the...
