by Elaine Olsen | Jan 6, 2009 | eternity, letting go, living God's truth, pilgrimage
“The LORD said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.’” (Genesis 12:1). God’s people are a people of movement. From the very beginning of an Eden’s expulsion, we’ve been spreading our outward...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 15, 2008 | family fun, letting go, parenting
We pause today for Father’s Day. I had some perfect thoughts for the occasion…part six of our series “Raising Faith.” It can wait until tomorrow, for seventeen years ago today, I had the privilege of bringing my second son into the world. He...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 5, 2008 | letting go, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, parenting, surrender
“I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. … When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will...
