by Elaine Olsen | Nov 1, 2010 | a quick word, cancer, cancer volume 2, friendship
I don’t have many words for you today; they are stuck inside of me, and I am frustrated by their accumulation. Can one explode from word retention? I hope so; I hope they will come forth in time, but for now they remain buried beneath the weightiness of my daily...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 26, 2010 | ancients, friendship
I miss them this morning; thought about them throughout the morning… those “ancients” who will gather in a short while to do lunch without me. For six years we gathered as friends around a Tuesday table, usually at the local pizza place. It wasn’t so much about the...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 28, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 2, church life, friendship, pain, pilgrimage, suffering
{for Nancy, my “Luke” today} “Do your best to come to me quickly, for Demas, because he loved this word, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. … Only Luke is with me.” (2 Timothy 4:9-11).The words from his pen haunt me now, even though nearly two...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 26, 2010 | friendship, grace, living God's truth, the least of these, words
I asked him to repeat his name to me, not because I didn’t hear him but, rather, because I didn’t think I heard him correctly. Doris. Or Dorrace. That’s what he said. I “googled” it upon returning home; apparently Doris was a popular name for boys in the...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 19, 2010 | friendship, give aways, peace for the journey
Today it is my privilege to introduce you to one of my dearest blogging friends, Judith. I met Judith early into my blogging foray, and over the past two plus years, we’ve become kindred friends. Although we’ve never met face-to-face, our hearts are...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 9, 2010 | a quick word, friendship, peace for the journey
My precious friend, Joanne, sent me an e-mail this morning to remind me of the book give-away she is hosting over at her blog. The book? Peace for the journey: in the pleasure of his company. Maybe you’ve heard of it? I have a particular fondness for the work; it...
