by Elaine Olsen | Jul 12, 2010 | christian perfection, faith, living God's truth, packing up, pilgrimage, sundays, trust
“Faith moves forward… faith anchors itself in the unseen. Faith doesn’t base its hope in emotion but in the truth.” That was my answer this morning to the question that was raised in Sunday school regarding the definition of faith. I spoke it rather mechanically,...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 1, 2010 | christian perfection, Holy Spirit, knowing God, living God's truth
“God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress…. Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers, consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation. For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 28, 2010 | faith, living God's truth, pilgrimage, trust
{arriving home…} Not long ago, my friend, Melanie, asked me a few questions regarding my “running” life. She has recently started a new blog for running moms and graciously allowed me a post all my own. You can read it here. One of her questions centered on my...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 7, 2010 | family fun, God's voice, living God's truth, parenting, pilgrimage
As I rounded the corner of mile two on my usual jogging route, I noticed them walking toward me—two middle-school boys getting off the bus… two brothers making their way to the home less than a quarter of a mile from the bus drop. I’ve seen them before; even chatted...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 1, 2010 | family fun, grace, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, parenting
I have a story I want to tell you; not because there’s anything particularly spiritual about it all, at least not at this point. Perhaps before it’s over there might be a small nugget’s worth of something to cradle as your own, but for now, this story belongs to my...
by Elaine Olsen | May 26, 2010 | a quick word, book release, God's voice, grace, living God's truth, rest, trust
“You hold the flowers, Elaine, I’ll handle the suitcase.”This is what God wants me to know this day, nearly a year after he impressed it into my soul. It was the statement that led to this…Most everything about the front cover of my book was intentionally planned.The...
