by Elaine Olsen | Mar 23, 2013 | alicia chole, Easter, friendship, grace, knowing God, pilgrimage, the seventh year
“It’s the people . . . all about the people for me. They are where I find God.” So I told my new friend from the 7th year, both of us participants in Alicia Chole’s Leadership Investment Intensive. Half-way between her house and mine rests Bellamy Manor and Gardens...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 9, 2012 | a quick word, Easter, family fun, grace
I pray you all had a blessed, peace-filled Easter celebration this year. It’s good to live on the other side of the cross–to receive grace and to daily walk in that grace knowing that our Lord’s got us covered. The Lord has had me covered from my...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 4, 2012 | dad, desert dwelling, Easter, grace, Olive Press, pilgrimage
This is one of my favorite stories of grace. It’s a good one to walk us home to Easter. I’ve grown up hearing it, time and again, and it never fails to stir my heart in the deepest way. Thank you, dad, for sharing it with us, and thanks to my Grandpa Al...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 21, 2012 | Easter, grace, Olive Press
Chancing the Arm by Chuck Killian {guest contributor and my dad} There is a well-worn story from the Middle Ages about two Irish families, the Ormonds and Kildares, who were involved in a bitter feud. Besieged by Gerald Fitzgerald (the Earl of Kildare), Sir James...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 14, 2012 | Easter, Olive Press
We are about halfway through the Lenten Season. Passion Week and Easter are just around the corner. This in-between time is tough work. The Ashes of Wednesday are washed off and we hunger for the sight of the lilies. The forty day ordeal–this time of...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 7, 2012 | desert dwelling, Easter, Olive Press, pilgrimage
Once again, my father is making an appearance today to share with us a few thoughts from his Lenten journey. In doing so, he asks us to consider our own pilgrimages to the cross this year. I pray you are blessed by his words, even more so challenged by them: to walk...
