by Elaine Olsen | Oct 24, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 4, courage, discipleship, faith, God's voice, Holy Spirit, living God's truth, night visits, pilgrimage, trust
I’ve been stuck recently. Hung up on and hunkered down in a thought or two regarding a particular spoken word from Jesus. A promise. One that doesn’t compute with my internal, spiritual compass. One that has always confused me, challenged me, asked me to consider...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 19, 2010 | cancer, cancer video, faith, living God's truth, pilgrimage, video, worship
“When the men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped.” (2 Chronicles 20:24). My spirit is moved today in a strong direction—a navigational pull that leads...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 16, 2010 | cancer
I noticed some sparse, brittle sprigs of hair in the tub after my bath yesterday morning. Accordingly, a decision was made. My husband tells me that I am brave.I tell him that I am free.And that I am grateful for my numbered hairs and for my...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 14, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 2, family fun
It arrived in the mail today. A well-timed, undeserved kindness from a good friend. A third-place ribbon of a first-place portrait of two first-rate boys. My boys. Two sons digging their way through the soil on a Bolivian mountainside, investing their hearts into a...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 12, 2010 | cancer, faith, suffering
I’ve thought a lot about her over the past few days. Thought about her courageous fight against cancer and all the many ways she chose to deal with her disease in that season. Thought about her choices, her responses… the days she chose isolation over population. The...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 8, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 2, living God's truth
When we first moved here in June, I had it in my heart and mind to lead a new Bible study with the folks at our new church. I didn’t know if it would take… if there would be any interest in their hearts for the same. We have a few takers.In addition, upon our arrival...
