by Elaine Olsen | Apr 26, 2011 | faith, friendship, writing
I’ve been writing this morning, trying hard to edit and rewrite portions of my current work-in-progress. In particular, I’ve been focusing on Hebrews 11:4 and Abel’s great contribution to our walkabouts in faith. The title of the piece is “Faith Gives a Good Offering...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 21, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 3, faith, knowing God, living God's truth, Scripture, strength
I remember the day he broke my heart. After a week long vacation of exploring his neck of the woods and getting to know his family, he told me we were “over.” The next morning he drove me to the airport and put me on a plane headed north, back to my parents. I was...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 8, 2011 | breakfast on the beach with Jesus, cancer, cancer volume 3, faith, living God's truth
Do any of you ever go back and read some of your old blog posts? If you’ve been blogging for a season or two or ten, then I imagine you’ve collected a few hundred by now. I don’t often re-visit my own. I’ve printed them off and organized them in three-ring binders...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 3, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 4, faith, words, writing
It mocks me from a distance; sits on a shelf in my den, begging for notice while collecting dust. A purple, three-ring binder containing 50,000 words, personal words. Words written from a place of noble thought and understanding. Words that took nearly a year to...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 25, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 3, faith, family fun, letting go, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, parenting, surrender
I watched her out of the corner of my eye. Tears were forming in hers. We’d just settled into our evening watch of American Idol when I noticed her sadness. The “boys” present in the room shrugged it off as insignificant. Boys are like that sometimes, not seeing past...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 19, 2011 | cancer, faith, letting go, living God's truth
Today’s walk outside has been a beautiful gift to me. Today, I left the iPod behind, and for the first time in a long time, I could hear my thoughts think. Thoughts about… winter’s work and the wind’s breath. Winter’s work. I saw evidence of it while making my trek...
