by Laurie Short | Nov 6, 2014 | 5 love languages, Anniversary, Blessing, Faith, Love
Tomorrow is my 5th anniversary (Token wedding photo) I told students at a college I spoke at yesterday that my goal was ring by retirement and happily, I succeeded. The ring by spring girls shuddered, but when they saw a picture of the groom, I think some were...
by Laurie Short | Oct 29, 2014 | ebola, Faith, generosity, giving, making a difference, Perspective
A month ago, we heard about children being beheaded in the Middle East for proclaiming the Christian faith. Today, we tally scores of people dying from Ebola in Africa. And while we work to quarantine individuals to keep this disease from infecting our first world...
by Laurie Short | Oct 20, 2014 | Dreams, Faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, gifts, giving, God, high school, making a difference, Perspective, Seize the Day, Turning 50
Turning 50 brings some interesting things into your life, not the least of which is the awareness that you are on the back nine of life. And unless your destiny is to become one of the 100 year old faces on the Smuckers jam anniversary label, you probably have more...
by Laurie Short | Oct 8, 2014 | Dreams, facebook, Faith, Fully alive, Fun, images, perfect life, Perspective, projecting an image, remembering, social media, twitter, your life story
Before the dawn of social media, we only dreamed of how the other half lived. Now we get to see it. And I wonder about the effect this is having on our souls. Through the lens of select images and sound bites everyone looks happier, prettier, thinner and more...
by Laurie Short | Sep 29, 2014 | forgiveness, Grace, Isis, Jesus
This is a quote I just posted on Facebook and Twitter. It comes from p.151 of my book. What it means haunts me. With Isis still ravaging the Middle East and scores of uncounted children maimed for declaring their faith, I find myself rooting “Get those...