by Garris Elkins | Mar 24, 2021 | Prophetic
As the day ended, Jan and I settled in for the evening to watch a movie. Just before the movie began, Jan went into our pantry to bring out a special treat for our dog, Ladybug. She is a strange mix of breeds. Her father was an Australian Shepherd and her mother a...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 16, 2021 | Prophetic
When I was a little boy, my dad was my hero. His love, support, and protection surrounded me as I grew up. Other men also contributed to my life. The Los Gatos, California police officer who would occasionally drive down our dead-end street and stop to talk with me...
by Garris Elkins | Mar 10, 2021 | Prophetic
When I read the biographies of those who followed the Lord during times of persecution, famine, and war, I noticed an absence of a shallow Hallmark-card-like expression of faith. Also absent were religious silliness and legalism. Their lives and expressions of faith...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 27, 2021 | Prophetic
In March of last year, Jan and I sensed the Lord asking us to step back from what we had been doing and enter a time of sabbatical. The timing, by the wisdom of the Lord, aligned with the national time of closure and lockdown. Our sabbatical was more than a reprieve...
by Garris Elkins | Feb 13, 2021 | Prophetic
Last night, Jan and I watched one of those end-of-the-world, apocalyptic films titled Greenland. In the film, a comet is on a collision course with Earth promising to create a near-extinction level event. It was standard and predictable disaster film fare. In...
