by Elaine Olsen | May 5, 2019 | graduation, Jadon's fight
“When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD.” (Exodus 34:29) I want to tell you a story today before time takes it away from me. Only a few...
by Elaine Olsen | May 22, 2012 | christian perfection, faith, family fun, grace, graduation, parenting, Uncategorized
There’s a boy that I love… a third son whose name means “God has heard.” A tenderhearted grace that arrived in our lives in a season when I thought my womb would remain closed for forever. It’s a long story, really it is. One that I’ve written about at length in...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 7, 2011 | grace, graduation, living God's truth
“Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. ‘Follow me,’ Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.” (Mark 2:13-14)...
by Elaine Olsen | May 24, 2009 | a quick word, faith, family fun, graduation, rest
Good days.I don’t know if we get a quota on them—like one good day a week … a month … a year … until we reach the max, and then we’re done. I know that there have been seasons in my life that seemed to portion out like that. Times when no matter how I turned things,...
by Elaine Olsen | May 20, 2009 | family fun, graduation, living God's truth, parenting, pilgrimage, surrender, trust
I’ve heard it said before that “this life is but a dress rehearsal for the next.” If that’s true (and I happen to think there to be some merit in this understanding), then we are best served by paying closer attention to the scene changes in our lives … to...
