by Elaine Olsen | Feb 8, 2010 | Bible Study, friendship, give aways, living God's truth
“As the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 25, 2010 | Bible Study, breakfast on the beach with Jesus, discipleship, God's Questions
“Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out to them, ‘Friends, haven’t you any fish?’ ‘No,’ they answered. He said, ‘Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.’ When they...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 20, 2010 | Bible Study, breakfast on the beach with Jesus, discipleship, living God's truth
“Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. ‘I’m going out to fish,’ Simon Peter told...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 28, 2009 | a quick word, Bible Study, video
We’ve just put God’s punctuation mark on our fall Bible study. I thought you’d like to see some of the sweet faces that shared the last seven weeks with me. Truly, they are more than I deserve–God’s gift to me in this season of my life....
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 29, 2008 | Bible Study, friendship, video
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 1, 2008 | Bible Study
“After the Feast was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. … When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, ‘Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and...