by Garris Elkins | Dec 29, 2020 | Prophetic
We arrive at dismissive and ill-informed conclusions about other people when we refuse to sit down with them and talk through our differences. If we can listen to someone without needing to correct them as the goal of our interaction, we will accomplish two things....
by Garris Elkins | Dec 29, 2020 | Prophetic
This morning, I sat down as I do each morning to begin writing. Just before I began, I saw a notice about a 12-minute documentary film a friend of mine, Danny Hall, had edited and posted on his Facebook wall. For some reason, I felt led to put aside my normal writing...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 28, 2020 | Prophetic
I listened to an astrophysicist talking about deep space travel. The astrophysicist said our current power and fuel sources would not allow humans to travel into the depths of distant space because of their limitations. He suggested that someday in the distant future,...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 27, 2020 | Prophetic
My 17-year-old pickup truck has a pronounced virtue. It is reliable. It starts and goes wherever I steer it, and it’s never let me down. I’ve driven through Montana blizzards and endured bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic in downtown LA. In both of those settings, I...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 26, 2020 | Prophetic
Developing an audience can be a dangerous thing. It is dangerous because if we are not careful, we can play to the demands of our audience at the expense of living and speaking the truth. Truth revealed to certain audiences can be an unnerving experience. It can also...
