by Elaine Olsen | Nov 12, 2012 | artistry, friendship, love, marriage, pilgrimage
Life is a journey; love is a dance. So she sings to us as we snake our way down I-40, making the trek back home. I hold his hand as we mark those miles through Appalachia, knowing that he is my home—the place where I feel safe and where the embers still burn with...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 11, 2012 | Beyond Cancer's Scars (the story behind the story), cancer, cancer volume 4, creation, pilgrimage, strength, trust
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” –Eccl. 3:1 The changing seasons. A new one is arriving to replace the old. Fall has always been my preference. Color. Coolness. Breezes and releases. The heat of summer is being swept away...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 13, 2012 | cancer, living God's truth, obedience, pilgrimage, Uncategorized
Rain. I’m growing weary of it. Not of its existence; rain is needful. It cleanses the earth, grows the seed, and cools the summer scorch. No, I’m not knocking the benefits and beauty of the rain. I am, however, a bit disgruntled by its timing. Let me explain. I’m an...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 9, 2012 | ancients, faith, pilgrimage
“This is what the LORD says: ‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.’” –Jeremiah 6:16 In searching through the old, I find something new. And so I went there...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 26, 2012 | cancer, cancer volume 4, faith, living God's truth, pilgrimage
May I tell you a secret? For those of you who know me personally and do life with me on a regular basis, it won’t be fresh revelation. But for others—those of you who only know me as the woman who writes these words in this public place—my disclosure might come as a...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 2, 2012 | hunger, knowing God, pilgrimage, provision
“When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, ‘Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?’ . . . Peter’s brother spoke up, ‘Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish . . . .’” –John 6:5,8-9 Here is a boy...
