by Garris Elkins | Apr 6, 2009 | Hope, Restoration, Vision.
When I was a young cop I was taught about crime scene investigation in the Police Academy. We learned about blood evidence. Later, after years of working the streets, I became a detective. When a murder would take place I would arrive at the scene and begin to collect...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 25, 2009 | Evangelism
When I was a kid growing up in California I lived in the Silicon Valley before there was much silicon. Our street had only six houses on it, all on one side of the road, and in front of our home lay the great adventure land of Mr. Dardanelli’s orchard. Behind...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 20, 2009 | Holy Spirit, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare
Recently, I watched one of those cable shows about modern technology. They described a new breed of missiles. These missiles have the ability to loiter. Up to this point I always thought “loitering” was something that was prohibited. In the small town where I grew up...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 17, 2009 | Culture, Kingdom of God, Leadership
I like getting to the bottom-line of things. If I know the bottom-line in a given situation I know where I stand and I know what I am required to do even when life is confusing and seems directionless. Maybe it was all the years I spent as a cop responding to...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 9, 2009 | Evangelism, Hope, Restoration
When I was a police officer I saw many strange things. My life in law enforcement was many years ago, but the memories still linger. One morning I got a call right out of the station to meet a man who would lead me to the site of a motor vehicle accident located on a...
