Religion or Relationship?
I was a country kid. A horseback-riding, cattle-checking, fence-fixing, Jeep-driving, Daddy’s girl. Ranch life was the best, and memories remain decades later as if they were made just last week. Those memories sometimes include ones that have nothing at all to do...
Don’t Pack Your Introvert!
“Don’t pack your introvert,” he advised. What? You’re kidding! An introvert by design, I was most comfortable away from the chaotic chatter of a crowd, yet I was expected to leave my introvert at home? An internal battle raged as I considered the outlandish idea....
Watching for Blockbuster Moments
When reading the Bible do you ever visualize the story in your mind’s eye? A friend of mine once shared devotions at a staff meeting I attended. She retold an all-too-familiar Bible story but with such excitement and passion that every listener was enthralled. We were...
One More Breath…
Life is but a breath of air. One, followed by another, then another. At some point, we breathe our last. Only God knows when our life on Earth will end. That reality hits harder with every passing year. Like an ever-expanding snowball speeding down a hill, names are...
Living the Good and Beautiful Life
I have always appreciated a great challenge and I’ve succeeded at more than a few over my lifetime. Oh, but I’m not finished. There’s always room for improvement. Right? The Good and Beautiful series written by James Bryan Smith provided my most...
Welcome, I’m Elaine. I’m a follower of Jesus Christ, a choreographer of words, a challenger of the status quo, an admirer of all things colorful, and a lover of life who finds great comfort and joy in knowing I’m completely adequate to do whatever it is God calls me to do!
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