by Garris Elkins | Apr 3, 2023 | Prophetic
As a young pastor, I listened to how wise and experienced leaders would respond to their critics. The leaders who impacted me the most were those able to address their critics with a blend of both wisdom and grace. Unless a person lives as a hermit in an isolated...
by Garris Elkins | Jan 9, 2023 | Prophetic
Yesterday, as Jan and I drove back home from Portland, Oregon, I heard of the passing of Jack Hayford. When I received the news, something pierced my heart. It was both a sorrow and a thanksgiving for a life of a man I loved and admired. I needed a day to gather my...
by Garris Elkins | Dec 11, 2022 | Prophetic
In some cases, it is no longer the blind leading the blind. It is the blind leading an increasingly informed group of followers. This has created a disconnect wrongly discerned as rebellion. It is a winnowing work in the ranks of Church leadership initiated by the...
by Garris Elkins | Nov 21, 2022 | Prophetic
Something unusual is taking place in northern China in the region of Mongolia. Hundreds of sheep have been trotting in circles for the last 14 days. Speculation is that the behavior is caused by a bacterial disease called Listeriosis, also known as “circling disease.”...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 27, 2022 | Prophetic
It has been 40 years since I fired up a wood stove. The last time was in the early 80s when our family lived in a 100-year-old ranch house in Kalispell, Montana. The house was not insulated. On cold mornings, my boots would freeze to the floor in the boot room. Our...
