by Elaine Olsen | Dec 19, 2011 | christmas
I’m relieved that I don’t have to make something out of Christmas. Christmas already is something … all on its own … completely and wonderfully set apart from me. There’s nothing I can do or not do that will a lter the truth of its glorious revelation....
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 12, 2011 | christmas, discipleship, living God's truth, peace, pilgrimage
“A voice of one calling: ‘In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; Make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, Every mountain and hill made low; The rough ground shall become level, The rugged places a plain. And… The...
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 23, 2009 | christmas, peace
“Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:20-21).It’s the music...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 20, 2009 | christmas
I don’t have much to tell you this evening.It’s cold here; wet to boot—weather not fit for a night’s excursion to the mall or otherwise. No matter; the cash is about spent and the “to do” list almost finished. Cards are in the mail, and the buckeyes have been made....
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 9, 2009 | christmas, faith, living God's truth
Faith. Mine has been challenged as of late. My spirit has been burdened by a great many things in recent weeks. I suppose the challenge to my faith has always been there—alive and present within me. But as I’ve paid closer attention to faith’s cultivation, to its...
