by Elaine Olsen | Feb 5, 2013 | blogaversary, pilgrimage, words, writing
Five years ago, I started this blog. Five years. Half a decade. 1826 days. One-ninth of my life. 555 posts. Who knew it could be done? I certainly didn’t . . . not back then. Back then, I was just a little girl dreaming about collected words—thoughts yet unreleased in...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 17, 2013 | discipleship, living God's truth, pilgrimage, truth
“As long as you move, everything’s good.” I welcome her encouragement, this guru of walking-at-home. Leslie Sansone has been a part of my life for many years now. And while I’m not completely convinced about her claims to Walk Away the Pounds or Walk Slim,...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 12, 2013 | faith, ministry life, pilgrimage, speaking, video
Every now and again, you find something you weren’t looking for—a surprise tucked into routine. Sometimes the discovery proffers pain; sometimes promise. Today I straddle the fence between both of them, pain and promise. Let me explain. For over a week now, we’ve been...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 9, 2013 | alicia chole, family fun, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, pilgrimage, the seventh year
I gently reached down and touched her chapped hands. Tenderly they rested on the pew in front of us as we chorused our way through five verses of “We Three Kings.” Her hands have grown over the years, no longer balled into tiny fists; no longer reaching outward to...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 12, 2012 | Advent, christmas, church life, contests, faith, give aways, pilgrimage
Go to where love lives. This was God’s message to me earlier today . . . to go out into the world and find where love lives, where love is. Where the sights and sounds of Christmas are still burning their witness—those homes and those folks who aren’t afraid to deck...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 3, 2012 | Advent, christmas, pilgrimage
“You handle the holy things of God as they should be handled.” My husband’s words stopped my heart and immediately covered it with God’s peace. This was his response to me after hearing about my morning in Sunday school, about how I had prepared (once again)...
