by Laurie Short | Dec 7, 2016 | Faith, Reframe your life, when changing nothing changes everything
Christmas can be hard. When you’re lonely, sad, or not where you want to be, the coziness of Christmas can add a twinge (or even a stab) to a hurting heart. You may want to celebrate Jesus’ birth, but you just wish you could do it somewhere else. This is where...
by Laurie Short | Nov 23, 2016 | Faith, gratitude, when changing nothing changes everything
This week I’m thinking about gratitude. And I’m pretty sure there are a few thousand other people who are thinking about it too. We have turkeys to cook, potatoes to mash, recipes to peruse, and “light” ingredients to buy, because after all, we...
by Laurie Short | Nov 10, 2016 | election 2016, Faith, reframing, when changing nothing changes everything
When you look at the picture below, what do you see? It could be an old woman or a young woman, depending on the way you look at her face. From one angle, she has a big nose and a wide scarf and her chin is pointed down. She looks like a grandmother. But if you look...
by Laurie Short | Oct 26, 2016 | Faith, Reframing your life, when changing nothing changes everything
In 2006, a book called “The Secret” swept the New York Times bestseller list, and made Oprah Winfrey’s coveted list of “must read” books. The message of the book was: You have the power to get what you want. Years before that, a prisoner from the New Testament wrote a...
by Laurie Short | Oct 12, 2016 | Faith, faith in the dark video series, Finding Faith in the Dark
If you’ve been around college students, you’ve probably heard the expression “ring by spring.” “Ring by retirement” is the slightly less popular phrase my engagement coined. And in the final session of my video series, you see a 2...