The Vision
Raising up a prophetic generation to speak to the cultures of the world with the empowered Voice of Heaven.
Author
Aligning people with their God-defined destiny.
Mentor
Equipping those who will speak to the cultures of our world.
Teacher
Uncovering the unique sound of Spirit-empowered voices.
About Garris and Jan
Garris and Jan Elkins serve the global Church through writing, speaking, and mentoring. They live in southern Oregon, tucked away in the foothills of the Rogue Valley. Their shared desire is to have each person learn how to hear the heart of God and become a transforming voice in their culture.
Recent Blog Articles
Garris writes on many topics across a wide spectrum of subjects. Many times he uses his own life experiences to highlight a truth or principle.
COME BACK TO ME AND LIVE
When the sound of warning is heard, shouldn’t the people be alarmed? That alarm is sounding in our generation and the “listening heart” will hear it. Warnings are welcomed in every facet of society. We have fire alarms and Amber Alerts on our phones. We have...
A MESSAGE OF WARNING AND HOPE
Across the span of human history and in both covenants, the Lord has always demonstrated His compassion and unfailing love toward His people. He issued both words of hope and words of warning. Those same messages are eternal and remain applicable today. We are...
THE FATHER’S LOVE
I set my love on you and chose to demonstrate it to you. I have loved you deeply from your very beginning. As one who picks up an infant and holds you to my cheek, I showed you tender love. I was the one who taught you how to walk. I loved you when you were weak...
RECEPTIVITY
All striving that comes from human reasoning will not bring the desired harvest. Our journey must be Spirit-empowered fueled by receptivity. Life in the Spirit starts with receiving and we never stop receiving—season to season, day to day, moment by moment. To produce...
Never Give Up
In light of current events, I’ve been pondering just how meaningful it is that Jesus is the Watchman, interceding for us and intervening on our behalf. Though His saving, delivering, and healing work was completed at the Cross, He continues to watch over His word...
FINAL VERDICT
It is very humbling to look back at the times I have been shortsighted. I understood just one narrow piece of truth. And my greatest strengths also contained my greatest weaknesses. I also look back with gratitude for how God will turn my immature wisdom and manhood...
Books by Garris
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Latest Release
Our calling is one of expansion and exploration. This can be a physical or mental migration. Geographical expansion can come about through persecution like the Early Church experienced or like the pilgrims who fled religious persecution in Europe to start a new life in America.
We can also expand by a change in thinking—in how we see our role in God’s Kingdom. This often begins with feeling frustrated about the static status quo. We may glimpse a new and unrealized aspect of God and His Kingdom, and that insight will begin to stir the beginnings of a personal transition. Expansion has been part of the spiritual DNA of the Church since Pentecost.
