By Brad Olsen

I hope you all enjoyed good holidays. I realize that not all do. If the holidays have been difficult due to loneliness, or loss of a loved one, or another difficulty in life, our hearts go out to you. 

I haven’t written in some time, but I plan to blog more in the new year.

On an unrelated note, I was reminded last week of a great quote from one of my heroes in the faith, Dr. Richard Halverson, former chaplain of the U.S. Senate. I tried to locate the original, but couldn’t. So here’s my paraphrase:

“What started in Palestine as a relationship, went to Greece and became a philosophy, then went to Rome and became a religion, went to Europe and became a culture, and then went to America and became an enterprise.”

The quote begs the question: “What has Jesus become in my life?”