by Elaine Olsen | Feb 15, 2011 | brokenness, cancer, cancer volume 3, faith, living God's truth, pain, peace, suffering
“So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him.” {Mark 5:24} I think about both of them today—two needy souls approaching Jesus from different angles some 2000 years ago. I imagine that day was in keeping with most of the days of Christ’s...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 17, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, pain, peace, pilgrimage, suffering
Chapters. We all have them. Our life stories are made up of them. Segments and seasons of our journeys adequately chronicled and punctuated, each ending half-way down a blank page, indicating to us and to the reader that another segue is about to begin. Not that what...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 28, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, faith, living God's truth, peace, pilgrimage
“… You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” (1 Cor. 6:19b-20) I just got in from my run. It felt good… almost sacred. The time is fast coming when I’ll have to put running away for a short season. I can’t imagine myself...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 24, 2010 | cancer, living God's truth, peace, prayer
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:6-7) ...
by Elaine Olsen | May 3, 2010 | book release, peace, peace for the journey, writing
Every now and again, a day lives beyond predictable expectation. Routine is replaced with something different, and ordinary succumbs to the shadows of something extra. Today is one of those days for me. I’ve spent the last five years contemplating its arrival,...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 30, 2010 | Easter, give aways, night visits, peace
“As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it, and said, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace…’” (Luke 19:41-42). I had a bad dream last night. Not surprising considering the events that preceded my final surrender...
