by Elaine Olsen | Jan 22, 2010 | death, faith, friendship, grief, surrender
{for Summer… who made it home to Canaan today} It occurs to me this evening that earthquakes come in all shapes and sizes. And while the world’s eyes have been focused on Haiti’s earthquake over the past week, my eyes have been fixed on the one occurring beneath...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 10, 2009 | death, friendship, grief, pain, suffering
I suppose I owe you post. It’s been a few days; still and yet, I’m struggling for my words. My heart isn’t here. My heart is there, underneath a blue tent that shelters the freshly dug grave of my friend, Beth. My heart is in a hospital room, where Beth’s daughter has...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 19, 2008 | christian perfection, death, evil, living God's truth, theology
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” (Romans 12:9).What do you do with evil?What do you do with a story that breathes so heinous that it rocks you to core and forces you to utter words of vengeful wrath and retribution?What do you do with...
by Elaine Olsen | May 23, 2008 | death, living God's truth, parenting, theology
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 25, 2008 | death, friendship
“What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ.” (Phil. 3:14).Some moments are worthy of our words…worthy of our...
