by Elaine Olsen | Dec 12, 2012 | Advent, christmas, church life, contests, faith, give aways, pilgrimage
Go to where love lives. This was God’s message to me earlier today . . . to go out into the world and find where love lives, where love is. Where the sights and sounds of Christmas are still burning their witness—those homes and those folks who aren’t afraid to deck...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 3, 2012 | Advent, christmas, pilgrimage
“You handle the holy things of God as they should be handled.” My husband’s words stopped my heart and immediately covered it with God’s peace. This was his response to me after hearing about my morning in Sunday school, about how I had prepared (once again)...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 25, 2010 | Advent, cancer, christmas
Merry Christmas, friends! Below you will find our annual Christmas letter; a few of you may have received one in the mail, but I wanted the rest of you to have it as well. I hadn’t planned on writing one this year; life got busy and crazy all in one breath, and...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 1, 2009 | Advent, christmas, give aways, worship
*** “Yea, Lord we greet thee, born this happy morning…” Those were the familiar words that greeted me as I headed out on my morning run. The air was crisp, the sun brilliant–a fitting backdrop for Chris Tomlin’s rendition of “O...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 26, 2008 | a quick word, Advent, living God's truth, video
There’s a new toy in town…the Flip Ultra. Check it out. I’ve longed for a way to communicate with you face to face. Well, at least screen to screen. This is the most affordable solution along those lines. My husband did a ton a research into this...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 25, 2008 | Advent, christian perfection, family fun, living God's truth, theology
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the...
