by Elaine Olsen | Sep 19, 2015 | baptism, creation, God's Word, kingdom, Lessons from the Lunchroom
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.” –Genesis 7:17 It happened yesterday … the earth’s baptism became ours. Let me explain. We’re twenty-three days into the academic year. Each...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 4, 2015 | calling, faith, fellowship with God, God's Word, knowing God, pilgrimage
“As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.” –Luke 10:38 I listened to my daughter read this familiar story to me a few days ago. She was draped across my bed, dressed and ready for the...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 30, 2015 | calling, conviction, God's Word, heaven, hell, knowing God, living God's truth, peace, pilgrimage, truth
A few days ago, my eldest son called to talk. These are always rich occasions – conversing with my sons as adults. His heart was heavy (as was mine) regarding the chaos in our world. One doesn’t have to look too far to identify it; disorder and turmoil blanket...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 24, 2014 | book release, book review, contests, faith, give aways, God's Word
It’s been four years since my friend, Leah Adams, published her first Bible study – From the Trash Pile to the Treasure Chest: Creating a Godly Legacy. On July 1st, her second Bible study, HeBrews: A Better Blend will be released by Warner Press. I’m...
by Elaine Olsen | May 30, 2014 | artistry, creation, God's Word, grace, kingdom, peace
“Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” –Hosea 6:3 Surely . . . One of my favorite descriptors attached the...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 21, 2014 | fellowship with God, God's Questions, God's Word, obedience, provision, Scripture
Distracted. I am. I have been for the past couple of weeks, and now I’m physically sick. What has been brewing in my mind and circling over my emotions has taken root in my flesh, and I have taken to my bed. Oh, perhaps there’s a floating bug in the air that took...
