by Elaine Olsen | Jan 20, 2010 | Bible Study, breakfast on the beach with Jesus, discipleship, living God's truth
“Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. ‘I’m going out to fish,’ Simon Peter told...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 30, 2009 | blessing, calling, discipleship, living God's truth, pilgrimage, trust, words
“‘See the former things have taken place and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.’” (Isaiah 42:9). I want to be here today. A blank computer screen and “yet to be realized” words cannot keep me from this discipline … this...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 22, 2009 | christian perfection, discipleship, family fun, living God's truth, parenting
“We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 19, 2009 | a quick word, discipleship, living God's truth, LOAM, worship
“Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” (John 4:15). Where is your “here”? The well you return to, time and again, in order to quench your insatiable thirst? What “deep and dark” cavernous hole beckons your...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 10, 2009 | discipleship, family fun, living God's truth, parenting
I laughed this morning, loudly to myself and with little regard to my surroundings. I suppose I needed it; the pressure and chaos in my life have been immense over the past several weeks. In the midst of the busiest season I have ever known, there have been few...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 28, 2009 | discipleship, friendship, living God's truth, pilgrimage, theology
“Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I have...
