after many
good conversations
one bird
sings the day
to sunset
From 2010
Ellen Grace Olinger
Category: Grateful to God
Acrostic for ADVENT and Photos
A doration and
D evotion
V ision of
E ternity
N ow in
T ime
This is a favorite poem, and thank you.
We included this poem in Quiet Christmas Poetry (2014).
These are photos from 2017 – grateful for God’s gifts of beauty.
One of my treasures from Bethesda Thrift Store in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Lake Michigan yesterday
The light and found art on the wood porch are an inspiration, these colder days.
Ellen Grace Olinger
The Broken Way by Ann Voskamp
I am reading The Broken Way: a daring path into the abundant life, by Ann Voskamp (Zondervan 2016; Copyright by Ann Morton Voskamp).
This book is blessing me these days; after a year of new losses, challenges, and many new blessings.
Ann’s writing is honest and from her heart. She writes prose with the soul of a poet – her own special voice.
Her book is also the work of a scholar. Ann Voskamp has a page for “Bible Translations Cited.” The Notes for each chapter include references for Bible verses, and many authors. Some of the authors she mentions are Mother Teresa, Martin Luther, Eugene Peterson, and Elizabeth Elliot.
Ann shares often at her site online.
Paperwhites and Poinsettia
In this post, I share pictures of our paperwhites from my archives. Then a gallery of paperwhites and pictures of the poinsettia from yesterday’s post follows.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Thank you!
rain today
rain today
and trees let go more leaves
autumn earth
and roots grateful for rain
autumn years now
and the seasons
are my teachers
grow, rest, renew
each season its
own beauty
Wood path to the door – 2016
Lake Michigan – October 2016
October 2015
Ellen Grace Olinger
a small card
a small card
in a devotional book
from a thrift store
words of encouragement
from one person to another
I keep the card with the book
and its history today
and tomorrow
Ellen Grace Olinger
October 23, 2017
