by Elaine Olsen | Jul 21, 2008 | A Zoo's Pondering, family fun, living God's truth
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. So God created man in his own image, in...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 29, 2008 | family fun, living God's truth, rest
“You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” (Isaiah 55:12). I was ready to come home. Sort of. Vacation is always a mixed bag of everything for me....
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 28, 2008 | family fun, living God's truth, parenting
Please hop over to Laced With Grace, where I have graciously been asked to be a guest contributor...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 15, 2008 | family fun, letting go, parenting
We pause today for Father’s Day. I had some perfect thoughts for the occasion…part six of our series “Raising Faith.” It can wait until tomorrow, for seventeen years ago today, I had the privilege of bringing my second son into the world. He...
by Elaine Olsen | May 28, 2008 | family fun, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, parenting, theology
“Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’” (John 4:13-14). She couldn’t have known...
by Elaine Olsen | May 25, 2008 | family fun, living God's truth
“I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone ‘like a son of man,’ dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. His head and hair...
