by Elaine Olsen | Mar 27, 2010 | friendship, give aways, living God's truth, worship
Not long ago, I won a pay-it-forward giveaway from my friend, http://thesecretlifeofanamericanwifeandmom.blogspot.com/ These are the goodies I received in the mail yesterday. I’ve never read Captivating but dearly love the work of John Eldredge, so I’m looking forward...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 3, 2010 | a quick word, worship
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 46:10) {photo compliments of Shirley} I hadn’t planned on being here this week, but I couldn’t let today go by and not give witness and praise to the...
by Elaine Olsen | Dec 1, 2009 | Advent, christmas, give aways, worship
*** “Yea, Lord we greet thee, born this happy morning…” Those were the familiar words that greeted me as I headed out on my morning run. The air was crisp, the sun brilliant–a fitting backdrop for Chris Tomlin’s rendition of “O...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 25, 2009 | church life, living God's truth, sundays, worship
9:10 AM. Wal-Mart. Check-out line. This morning. Sunday morning. I didn’t want to be there. I try and avoid Sundays and Wal-Mart, but when my children informed me that today was the day they’d be packing their Samaritan’s Purse, Christmas shoeboxes during the Sunday...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 5, 2009 | church life, living God's truth, worship
{me and sis in a simpler season}“Could you just come for me?”The clarity of his question startled me. I wasn’t expecting it in my early morning hours. Instead, I was content to marinate the thoughts that assaulted me as I awoke from a restless night’s slumber, one...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 19, 2009 | a quick word, discipleship, living God's truth, LOAM, worship
“Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” (John 4:15). Where is your “here”? The well you return to, time and again, in order to quench your insatiable thirst? What “deep and dark” cavernous hole beckons your...
