by Elaine Olsen | Oct 9, 2012 | authenticity, holiness, living God's truth, strength, wholeness
Authenticity. Being authentic. Not fake. Genuine. Real. Threadbare and exposed. Are you authentic? If you answered “yes” then allow me a further probe. Who decides what’s authentic? How do you determine the boundaries for the definition, or does the definition (in and...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 23, 2012 | cancer, cancer volume 4, living God's truth, pilgrimage, strength, suffering, surrender, wholeness
Being a survivor isn’t about defeating the cancer. Being a survivor is about defeating the silence. That’s what I told a group of cancer survivors last Sunday night at a Relay for Life banquet. It’s what I’ve come to believe. To survive cancer is to survive the...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 30, 2012 | cancer, cancer volume 4, faith, night visits, rest, strength, trust
“Because the LORD kept vigil that night… ” (Exodus 12:42) A few weeks ago, our elderly neighbor, Mr. Jim, called us in the middle of the night. We’d instructed him to do so should a need arise. It did. His bride of sixty years plus had fallen in the bathroom,...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 31, 2011 | cancer, cancer video, strength
How has God kept pace with your pain in recent...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 21, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 3, faith, knowing God, living God's truth, Scripture, strength
I remember the day he broke my heart. After a week long vacation of exploring his neck of the woods and getting to know his family, he told me we were “over.” The next morning he drove me to the airport and put me on a plane headed north, back to my parents. I was...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 22, 2010 | a quick word, cancer, cancer volume I, pain, pilgrimage, strength
This morning, I found myself wishing that I was anywhere else but there… in that sterile environment, awaiting my turn at the scan machine. The milky cocktail I was given to drink (at least a quart by my estimation) messed with my stomach, more so with my mind. The...
