by Elaine Olsen | Oct 25, 2009 | church life, living God's truth, sundays, worship
9:10 AM. Wal-Mart. Check-out line. This morning. Sunday morning. I didn’t want to be there. I try and avoid Sundays and Wal-Mart, but when my children informed me that today was the day they’d be packing their Samaritan’s Purse, Christmas shoeboxes during the Sunday...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 5, 2009 | church life, living God's truth, worship
{me and sis in a simpler season}“Could you just come for me?”The clarity of his question startled me. I wasn’t expecting it in my early morning hours. Instead, I was content to marinate the thoughts that assaulted me as I awoke from a restless night’s slumber, one...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 13, 2009 | a quick word, blessing, Bolivia, church life, family fun, friendship, joy
Joy comes. It came for me tonight as I chased the sunset to its rest. This evening, my feet carried me far and fast with the gentle breeze of a better wind. Tonight I ran with the Spirit, and we were moving in praise to the God who authors each day and scripts it with...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 6, 2009 | church life, communion, family fun, out of the mouths of babes
“Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him” (Psalm 34:8). He tasted yesterday. In fact, he took things a step further.He licked the plate clean … literally. Let me explain.Following our Sunday morning services yesterday, I took...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 27, 2009 | church life, faith, grace, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, pilgrimage, surrender
“On hearing it, many of his disciples said, ‘This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?’ Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, ‘Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 5, 2009 | ancients, church life, communion, Easter, living God's truth, pilgrimage, trust
Then Jesus told them, ‘You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you...
