by Garris Elkins | Jan 1, 2018 | Courage, Faith, Humility, Obedience
In 2017, we celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Actually, the Reformation took place in the years that followed Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses on the church door in Wittenberg, Germany. Luther had no idea he was starting the Reformation. He was...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 31, 2017 | Death, Eternity, Faith, God, Jesus, Miracles, Peace, Relationships, Revelation, Spirit, Trust, Worship
Today, December 31, would have been my dog’s 15th birthday. Abby died Thanksgiving weekend. I have missed her so much in the last month. A few minutes ago, a most beautiful and amazing thing happened to me. When I opened my iPhone calendar to check any...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 28, 2017 | Courage, Discipleship, Faith, Father, Fear, Honor, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Marriage, Obedience, Peace, Reconciliation, Relationships, Teaching
The term, “cut and dried”, is a term first used to describe an herbalist cutting and drying herbs and then packaging them for sale. It was also used to describe the process of cutting, drying and bailing grass into hay bales as a final product. The term has come to...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 27, 2017 | Courage, Faith, Father, God, Honor, Identity, Obedience, Power, Relationships, Restoration, Resurrection, Spiritual Warfare, Thankfulness, Transition, Trust
In the last few days, we have set a lot of timers in our home. Timers were set to bake pies. I set one to check the Christmas prime rib smoking on our Traeger barbeque. A timer was set for the rising dough for Jan’s crazy-good holiday cinnamon rolls. Our house was a...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 24, 2017 | Creativity, Faith, Family, Gifts, Giving, God, Intimacy, Peace
When Jan and I pastored our first church in Kalispell, Montana, we experienced a lot of firsts. We had our first Sunday as pastors of a new church with only one visitor attending. Our first real Rocky Mountain winter was a new experience, and so was the view from our...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 23, 2017 | Faith, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Miracles, Obedience, Power, Promotion, Spirit, Spiritual Warfare, Trust, Vision.
The oil crisis of the early 1970’s and the resulting gas shortage was not a fun time in the United States. Long lines at gas stations appeared, and rationing had become part of our daily life. The speed limit on the freeways was reduced to 55 mph to...
