by Elaine Olsen | Dec 7, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 4, living God's truth, words, writing
Words. I don’t have many of them these days, at least not the written kind. If you were here in person, I’d have plenty to say, but as it pertains to my writing them, I’m struggling. I don’t know if the chemo is to blame or the busyness of the season, but safe to say,...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 3, 2010 | faith, grace, living God's truth, writing
Fantastic life stories. Do you have one? I don’t… at least not when measured by the world’s standards. Let me explain. By fantastic, I don’t necessarily mean grand, glorious, excellent, superb or a dozen or so other synonyms meaning the same. What I mean is more along...
by Elaine Olsen | May 29, 2010 | brokenness, christian perfection, conviction, grace, surrender, words, writing
I burned some words yesterday. My words. Three journals worth of words dating back sixteen years to a season in my life that walked wildly and in selfish pursuit of sin. I didn’t call sin, sin back then… didn’t name my thoughts and, consequently, my resulting actions...
by Elaine Olsen | May 17, 2010 | blessing, book release, calling, give aways, knowing God, out of the mouths of babes, peace for the journey, writing
{I love my kids… front yard PR!} “What are you going to do with all your riches, Elaine, now that you’re famous?” This was the question that assaulted me this morning when I walked through the doors of the church. It was said in jest with good intention, still...
by Elaine Olsen | May 10, 2010 | book release, contests, faith, give aways, night visits, peace for the journey, writing
*Note: Just in case you’re the one reader of this blog who hasn’t heard, my book “peace for the journey: in the pleasure of his company” has released. Just in case you missed the book trailer, here it is again (truthfully, I need to keep this...
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,...
