by Garris Elkins | Feb 17, 2013 | Prophetic
My book, God-Whispers, was just released. It is a small book about a big God. The book is a collection of personal proverbs about life, ministry and the pursuit of God. God-Whispers contains proverbial reflections of one man’s journey of faith. Over the years, I...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 13, 2013 | Apostle, Church, Faith, Hope, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Teaching, Transition, Trust
As a young pastor I listened a lot. I listened to the many voices of leaders who went before me. There were times in those early years when I would ask a simple question and receive a profound answer. In my first year of pastoring I asked Jerry Cook...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 11, 2013 | Faith, Future, Identity, Obedience, Prophetic, Revelation
A forthright friend recently commented, “How strange that you are an artist, and yet you are so rigid with your time. So structured. Where’s the passion?” To which I wish I had replied: “Talent and passion don’t just transform themselves into books and paintings. That...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 7, 2013 | Dreams, Faith, Future, Hope, Obedience
When Jan and I lived in Berlin, Germany we loved walking in the city parks. The park system in Berlin was unlike any I had ever seen. These parks were not the traditional square piece of land with grass and a few trees – the parks in Berlin ran through...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 5, 2013 | Church, Hope, Leadership, Ministry, Teaching, Transition
We have a tendency to think a person who has become a legend is stronger and more capable than the offspring of the legend themselves. If some of our legends were alive today they would challenge that way of thinking. In 1967, I was a junior in high school...
