by Laurie Short | Jan 2, 2019 | 10 minute podcast, New Year's resolution, Podcasting, When Changing Nothing Changes Everythng, Your best life
We made it. Does anyone else feel that way as we turn a corner on a new year? It’s as if we’ve lived ten lifetimes in 2018- and that’s just in weather and disasters alone. Most of us are too tired for resolutions. So I have the perfect solution. Today’s...
by Laurie Short | Dec 24, 2018 | 10 minute podcast, Advent, Podcasting, Prince of Peace
Tomorrow we celebrate the arrival of the prince of peace. And for that reason, I wanted to post my last Advent podcast to prepare our hearts for his entrance. Just over 2000 years ago on this night, in the midst of political turmoil, in the midst of economic...
by Laurie Short | Dec 19, 2018 | 10 minute podcast, Everlasting Father, Isaiah 9:6, Podcasting
Use the word “Father” for God and many people cringe. Whether it’s a bad dad thing, or a masculine thing, or an unwanted patriarchal feeling, the name “Everlasting Father” as a reference to the Messiah is not always received as good news. Last week on my...
by Laurie Short | Dec 12, 2018 | 10 minute podcast, Advent, Faith, Podcasting
Calling a leader a “counselor”, a “father”, or a “prince” is acceptable language. Calling a leader “God” is usually seen as taking it a bit too far. Yet that is exactly what Isaiah does in his description of the coming...
by Laurie Short | Dec 5, 2018 | 10 minute podcast, Advent, Podcasting
Advent is here— and in the midst of all the decorating, shopping, card sending, and wistful thinking that randomly hijacks our hearts, I decided to STOP… and mark this season with some short meditations on Isaiah 9:6 about the coming Messiah. Who is, of course,...
by Laurie Short | Nov 28, 2018 | hope, Podcasting, Ten minute podcast
As we count the days until Christmas, we all hold hope for what this season will bring. But hope can so easily become expectation. And expectation often leads to disappointment. Because we have a specific idea for how we want our hope to be fulfilled. So the question...
by Laurie Short | Nov 21, 2018 | gratitude, Ten minute podcast, Thanksgiving
Grief and gratitude are closer than you may think. It is not surprising that I’d be talking about gratitude on my podcast this week since Thanksgiving is upon us. But grief is enveloping my family going into Thanksgiving, and I am guessing some of you have...
by Laurie Short | Nov 14, 2018 | 10 minute podcast, Love, Love everyone, Ten minute podcast
At some point, we decide how far our love can go. Then God pushes us to consider taking it further. No bounds. No conditions. Sometimes uncomfortable. Way too generous. If you feel like you can’t possibly do it, you are probably on the right track. This week’s...