by Elaine Olsen | Jun 4, 2008 | parenting, Raising Faith
For my dad who taught me to find my voice.What do cheeseburgers at a local hamburger joint, sippy cups, potty breaks, the movie Transformers, politics, church doctrine, and apologetics have in common?Absolutely nothing if you are an outsider looking in. But if you are...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 3, 2008 | parenting, Raising Faith
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when...
by Elaine Olsen | May 28, 2008 | family fun, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, parenting, theology
“Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’” (John 4:13-14). She couldn’t have known...
by Elaine Olsen | May 27, 2008 | living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, parenting, theology
“After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. ‘Men of Galilee,’ they said, ‘why do you stand here...
by Elaine Olsen | May 23, 2008 | death, living God's truth, parenting, theology
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on...
by Elaine Olsen | May 20, 2008 | living God's truth, parenting
“On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’” (John 20:19). For the past decade or so, I’ve been closing my letters and cards...
