by Elaine Olsen | Apr 12, 2010 | faith, family fun, letting go, living God's truth, packing up
“And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.” (1 Thessalonians 2:13) My boy turned...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 5, 2010 | Easter, family fun, grace, living God's truth
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ So give the order for the tomb to be made secure...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 15, 2010 | a quick word, family fun
Apparently she has a re-telling issue. My daughter. Unable to re-tell the events of the story she’s just read. Beginning, middle, and end mean very little to my precious little seven-year-old, at least that is what her teacher told me in a conference this afternoon (a...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 2, 2010 | a quick word, family fun, living God's truth, parenting, pilgrimage
I am reminded of something this morning… something so small that if not carefully looking for that something, it is easily missed. Something so seemingly routine and mundane. Something we usually take for granted.Footprints.Ours and others.Every one of us is leaving...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 27, 2010 | family fun, living God's truth
“Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2) Her words spoke the penchant of her heart… “Mommy, I want to be just like...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 13, 2009 | a quick word marriage, family fun, living God's truth, marriage
His words made me cry this morning. He told me, along with the surrounding congregation, that I was his “home court advantage.” That no matter how dreary the many matters surrounding him in his outside life become, at the end of the day, I was his safe harbor. His...
