by Elaine Olsen | Jul 31, 2021 | finding an unseen God, hunger, intimacy with God, kingdom, knowing God, pilgrimage
“Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them …” (Matthew 5:1-2) This world. What a mess. Spiritually speaking. Emotionally speaking. Physically speaking. Politically speaking....
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 15, 2021 | hunger, kingdom, living God's truth
A cup of warmth; a cup of dignity. That’s what I bought him today. It only cost me five bucks and a little bit of time – a small price in comparison to the gift given. I saw him walking down Main Street, carrying a backpack along with multiple grocery store...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 4, 2020 | conviction, God's Word, holiness, Holy Spirit, hunger, living God's truth, truth
Christmas has cost me a few pounds. A recent doctor’s visit and my turn on the scale indicated this reality. Accordingly, upon my return home, I purged the remnants of my kitchen–those remaining crumbs of a recent, earlier delight. I had had enough of...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 9, 2017 | family fun, friendship, hunger, living God's truth, pilgrimage, sundays
We drove my Grandpa Al home yesterday. Well… sort of. He wasn’t really my grandpa. My Grandpa Al died in 1994 at the age of eighty-three. The man we drove home, Howard, is seventy-four but could have passed as Al’s brother. Short in stature, round in the belly,...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 22, 2015 | calling, hunger, Lessons from the Lunchroom, ministry life, Setting the Table for Communion
She asked if we could take an extra lap around the ball field at recess. I didn’t mind. Some conversations require an extra lap … or two. Her heart is so tender, so easily touched by these morning, God-conversations we’ve been having for the past 148 school days....
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 21, 2015 | grace, hunger, miracles, rest
“Jesus said, ‘Have the people sit down.’ There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them.” –John 6:10 Plenty of grass. Of all the many facets that make up the miracle known as the “Feeding of the 5000” – this mention of grass...
