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 | Aug 27, 2017 | Change, Death, Fear, Future, Identity, Promise, Revelation, Thankfulness, Truth, Worship
The old dead oak tree stood on the hill above me, a bark-less memory of another life. This old gray wooden statue held his head high among the young oaks still generations away from the gray of death. They were prospering in the insulated virility of their...
by Garris Elkins | Jun 27, 2017 | Change, Death, Family, Father, Forgiveenss, Future, Honor, Intimacy, Marriage, Relationships, Thankfulness, Truth, Women
Young men, a life of faith is not meant to be complicated. It is meant to be a simple, authentic and wearable way of life. Young men, a good life is all about intimacy. ...
by Garris Elkins | May 16, 2017 | Death, Deliverance, Faith, Forgiveness, Freedom, Future, Hope, Joy, Peace, Promise, Redemption, Resurrection, Thankfulness, Trust
A time in your life when something was killed – a dream, a relationship, a hope – is now being redefined and restored. The memories of sorrow will give way to something new. The stench of death and loss will be replaced with the fragrance of life and...
by Garris Elkins | Apr 17, 2017 | Gifts, Intimacy, Jesus, Prayer, Redemption, Thankfulness, Trust
There are people who make a living as professional line sitters. These line sitters stand in place for people who don’t want to wait in line for the release of a new product or for tickets to an upcoming Broadway performance. One man in New York who was waiting in...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 6, 2017 | Peace, Thankfulness, Worship
I was driving home earlier this week and realized I had been taking inventory of the vehicles coming at me from the other direction. A muscle car went by that reminded me of a 57 Chevy I once owned. Then a sports car zoomed by that stirred memories of a Triumph TR3...
