by Elaine Olsen | Dec 25, 2012 | christmas
From my home to yours, Merry Christmas. May the Present of the Presence of Christ rest upon you and yours as you travel to Bethlehem and beyond in this season. Jesus Christ . . . the beautiful crescendo of God’s heart! I pray you feel heaven’s pulse today....
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 16, 2012 | Advent, christmas, evil, faith, grief, pain, trust
My daughter could barely get through the final paragraph. Her tears prevented her progress, her heart tenderly wrapped around and invested in the story of the faithful saint, Corrie ten Boom. Corrie finished her earthly chapter on her ninety-first birthday, only to...
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 | Nov 25, 2012 | Beyond Cancer's Scars (the story behind the story), christmas, peace for the journey, Uncategorized
For those of you who are interested in purchasing copies of my books, Peace for the Journey and Beyond Cancer’s Scars, I’m offering FREE SHIPPING on all U.S.A. orders now through December 2012. In addition, if you order three copies of any...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 26, 2011 | christmas, God's voice, silence
My voice has been silenced in the last twenty-four hours. Literally. Sickness has claimed my vocal cords. This has never happened to me before, not completely in the way it has happened for me this time around. My whispered shouts for the attention of others are met...
