by Elaine Olsen | Jul 3, 2025 | christian perfection, courage, discipleship, faith, freedom, obedience
What’s the strongest weapon in your arsenal of faith against the forces of evil and wickedness in the world? What do you most rely upon when standing on the front lines of a spiritual battle? Prayer? Bible reading? Fasting? Witnessing? Worship? Steadfastness?...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 16, 2021 | faith, Hurricane Floyd, letting go, obedience, trust
The remembrance crept into my mind this afternoon – a memory usually left somewhere in the back, catalogued for an occasional trip down memory lane. It was hellish ride that night. We huddled tightly together in the backseat of a friend’s truck, following behind...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 21, 2017 | fellowship with God, freedom, God's voice, living God's truth, obedience, pilgrimage
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” –Proverbs 4:23 It’s been four months since Hurricane Matthew swept through our little neck of the woods. Beyond losing our power for a few days, there has been no lasting, negative impact to my...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 1, 2016 | conviction, discipleship, fellowship with God, God's voice, God's Word, kingdom, living God's truth, ministry life, obedience, truth, words
My students and I have just finished reading Song of the Brook by Matlida Nordtvedt. As literary prose goes, it doesn’t measure up to the classics, but it does serve a purpose in our classroom. It’s one book in a continuing series of books presented annually to...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 2, 2016 | calling, faith, Lessons from the Lunchroom, obedience, out of the mouths of babes
“What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe – as the Lord has designed to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 30, 2015 | christian perfection, holiness, Lessons from the Lunchroom, obedience
I’ve been thinking about them some … my last-yearers. It’s been odd seeing them so close-by yet realizing that they’re “hands off” – not mine, not this year. I’ve kept my professional distance, and they’ve kept theirs. A few of them have made their way to my door,...
