by Elaine Olsen | May 10, 2012 | conviction, creation, eternity, freedom, knowing God, living God's truth, love, marriage, surrender
The ocean is still free. So I said to myself this past weekend while spending a few days on the shores of the Atlantic. The ocean is still free. Free to roam. Free to breathe. Free to birth. Free to be. Mankind has tried to control it, has sloppily put its...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 13, 2012 | conviction, freedom, living God's truth, pilgrimage
“The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 10, 2010 | calling, cancer, cancer volume 4, freedom, knowing God, pilgrimage
“Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3) Calling. Yours and mine. You know the word. If you’re immersed in pop-Christian culture, then you’ve heard it before, probably even received...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 11, 2010 | courage, evil, freedom, living God's truth, night visits
“Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD until he comes and showers righteousness on you.” (Hosea 10:12). He spoke some words to me this morning, somewhere between my...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 16, 2009 | brokenness, calling, conviction, faith, freedom, Gail, living God's truth, the least of these
My heart is completely sad—full of a tender ache that exceeds understanding.But let me rewind to a week ago, where it all began, even though I wasn’t privy to the beginning; only to the heart-stirrings of a young daughter who didn’t forget to remember her.Her.The...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 18, 2009 | conviction, freedom, grace, living God's truth, parenting
for a boy who grew up to be an honest man… I love you, son. Out of ninety-eight people scheduled for traffic court this morning, only half showed up. Of the half who made the effort, only three pled an initial “guilty” during the roll call moment. Those three...
