by Garris Elkins | Jan 3, 2018 | Destiny, Evangelism, Faith, Father, Future, Gifts, Honor, Identity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Love, Promise, Relationships, Resurrection, Transtion
In 1961, as a young boy, I had the honor to walk with my father down the 18th hole at Pebble Beach where my father chipped onto the green and one-putted the final hole to win his flight in the California Golf Championship for his handicap level. My father was playing...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 22, 2017 | Change, Creativity, Culture, Freedom, Gifts, God, Obedience, Promise, Vision.
God is about to bring understanding to the contrasting, and sometimes confusing seasons of your life. One season does not fully define you. The total must be seen in order for each of the parts to be understood. On my first visit to Madrid, Spain, I was invited...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 5, 2017 | Courage, Discipleship, Faith, Father, Five-Fold Ministry, Freedom, Future, Honor, Identity, Leadership, Love, Peace, Promise, Relationships, Teaching, Wisdom
One of my childhood dreams was to learn to fly. As a young 20-something, I began working in a job that afforded me enough extra income to start taking lessons toward the goal of obtaining a Private Pilot’s license. After 10 hours of dual instruction, I felt I was...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 30, 2017 | Courage, Deliverance, Discipline, Family, Fear, Freedom, Future, Hope, Love, Marriage, Obedience, Peace, Power, Prayer, Promise, Reconciliation, Relationships, Revelation, Spiritual Warfare, Vision.
I was sitting in my writing chair listening to some beautiful instrumental Christmas music. It was a piano solo. As the pianist continued to play a soft melody, in the distance, I heard the wailing song of a siren clearing the way in route to an unknown trauma. The...
by Garris Elkins | Sep 9, 2017 | Apostle, Change, Courage, Faith, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Obedience, Promise, Thankfulness
The photo is the gravestone of my father and mother, Charlie and Lavert Elkins. Their gravestone is located in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery in Kalispell, Montana. I have visited my parent’s grave site each time I traveled back to Kalispell in the last 30 years....
by Garris Elkins | Sep 3, 2017 | Promise, Redemption, Transition, Vision.
The older I become the more my years both past and those yet to come hang like wind chimes waiting for me to pass by. I am the breeze they anticipate my passage a billowing against their calendared surface moving, making the music of life, ...
