by Elaine Olsen | Mar 15, 2010 | a quick word, family fun
Apparently she has a re-telling issue. My daughter. Unable to re-tell the events of the story she’s just read. Beginning, middle, and end mean very little to my precious little seven-year-old, at least that is what her teacher told me in a conference this afternoon (a...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 10, 2010 | a quick word, grace, knowing God, trust
They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.” Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 3, 2010 | a quick word, worship
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 46:10) {photo compliments of Shirley} I hadn’t planned on being here this week, but I couldn’t let today go by and not give witness and praise to the...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 28, 2010 | a quick word, grace, sundays
The brilliancy of a Sunday morning’s sun. It beamed through the slits in the mini-blinds reminding me of a new day’s embrace. I needed its witness this morning… needed to know I’ve been given another day to live it right, especially since yesterday seemed to live so...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 23, 2010 | a quick word, living God's truth, trust
“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” (John 14:6) I heard my husband snorting from the living room last evening. Yes, snorting. The kind of “snort, snort” that goes along with laughter. His...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 2, 2010 | a quick word, family fun, living God's truth, parenting, pilgrimage
I am reminded of something this morning… something so small that if not carefully looking for that something, it is easily missed. Something so seemingly routine and mundane. Something we usually take for granted.Footprints.Ours and others.Every one of us is leaving...
