by Garris Elkins | Oct 26, 2018 | Change, Discipline, Future, Integrity, Kingdom of God, Obedience, Promotion, Rest, Restoration, Revelation, Transition, Wisdom
For the last few weeks, I had been sensing a change was coming. I’ve written daily for several years. This daily routine was primarily for me to learn the discipline of writing. Over the years, this routine has become the seedbed for several books and opened the door...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 25, 2018 | Faith, Future, Kingdom of God, Prophecy, Revelation
In the natural realm, a frontier marks a specific geographic location. It is static and once crossed what was previously a mystery becomes known. In the spiritual realm, a frontier is a mobile and always advancing line that moves the marker of what was known farther...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 24, 2018 | Courage, Creativity, Destiny, Faith, Freedom, Future, Gifts, God, Love, Marriage, Relationships, Restoration, Revelation, Women
Each morning, Jan walks into our living room where I sit in my writing chair. As a ritual, I rise and hug her, my face pressed into the right side of her neck. I kiss her and take in her fragrance. We always linger in our embrace. It seems to reset our life before the...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 24, 2018 | Dreams, Eternity, Gifts, God, Intimacy, Love, Restoration, Verse
It’s all art, this creativity. We write soul-poetry looking over still water as loons cry our verse written upon early morning mist parchment. Touching smooth river stones we sculpt, arranging little rock piles in river shallows balancing their...
by Garris Elkins | Oct 23, 2018 | Apostle, Church, Courage, Eternity, Father, God, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Love, Promotion, Reformation, Teaching, Tranistion, Wisdom, Worship
Yesterday, a hero of mine passed away. Eugene Peterson was known to many for his translation of the Bible called, The Message. I was able to correspond with Eugene a couple of times over the last few years. We talked about writing and leadership. He said he looked...