by Laurie Short | Jun 30, 2015 | Creation Festival, Faith, God's perspective
When I first started out in ministry, I worked with a youth pastor who had this sign up in his office: “Now Serving an Audience of One” It came to mind again last weekend when I spoke at Creation East http://creationfest.com/ne/lineups/ Creation is huge...
by Laurie Short | Jun 24, 2015 | Faith
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but not many people write devotionals on Leviticus. You want to fail in a Bible reading plan? Leviticus is your book. You want to inspire people? Leviticus is generally not the first place you turn. Imagine my surprise when I was...
by Laurie Short | Jun 18, 2015 | being single, boundless, Faith, focus on the family
Have you ever noticed that people give testimonies after everything is resolved? I think we should start a movement to do them BEFORE everything is resolved. Because that’s when testimonies really count. I just did a podcast on Boundless- Focus on the...
by Laurie Short | Jun 11, 2015 | Faith, graduation, parenting milestones, Perspective, step parenting
My stepson is graduating 6th grade this week. In a minute, he will be graduating 12th. I’ve heard how it works.The baby years crawl, the elementary years walk, and from 7th grade on, you blink your eyes and they are walking out the door. Wasn’t it...
by Laurie Short | Jun 3, 2015 | bruce jenner, caitlyn jenner, Faith
We live in an interesting time. A heroic decathlete has disappeared, and a woman named “Caitlyn” has taken his place. She’s on the cover of Vanity Fair this month. http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/bruce-jenner-makes-debut-as-woman-1201509326/ I’m sure...