by Laurie Short | May 23, 2014 | battle, Blessing, change, Dreams, Editor, Faith, God, God's will, Laurie Short, Perspective, Polich family, Prayer, Serbian, Serbian Orthodox, Stories, The Lord's prayer
Permit me to indulge in a little of my faith history. I grew up in the Serbian Orthodox church, which means a rich heritage of “religious traditions” (aka big parties) that involved massive amounts of eating, drinking and kissing. The kissing included big...
by Laurie Short | Apr 16, 2014 | atheist, battle, Dark, Easter, Faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, Gethsemane, God, Good Friday, Jesus, Prayer
There are some things you read and you just have to stop for a minute. I’m guessing you have figured from my title just what that was for me. (Either that or you said to yourself “THAT’s why Paul said no women teachers”) I was half way through...
by Laurie Short | Apr 5, 2014 | battle, being perfect, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, God, Grace, guilt, Jesus, Leviticus, Old Testament, priestly sacrifices, sacrifice, The Cost of Discipleship
Tomorrow I am off to Haiti. When I come back, I’ll have more money, more clothes, more food, and more comfort than I had when I left. The reason is because I will actually see all that I have. But I will save those reflections for later. In the meantime, I decided to...
by Laurie Short | Feb 5, 2014 | baby, battle, Blessing, Covenant Kids Congo, Faith, family, Finding Faith in the Dark, God, God's will, making a difference, miracle, Parenting, Stories, thankfulness
Jon and Stacy were pregnant with their first child when they got their news. The son of a minister, Jon had been a Christian most of his life. He worked for Habitat for Humanity. Stacy worked at Angels Foster Care, an agency that places babies born to drug-addicted...
by Laurie Short | Nov 11, 2013 | battle, cancer, facebook, Faith, family, fighting cancer, Fully alive, God, God's will, heroism, Jesus, Ovarian cancer, Perspective, Prayer, Uncategorized
Last week, I experienced a holy moment. I went to pray with my friend Kim who (barring a miracle) is living the last days of her life. Kim has been fighting Stage IV Ovarian Cancer, and after twenty four brutal rounds of chemotherapy, endless nights of vomiting and...