by Laurie Short | Aug 12, 2015 | facebook, Faith, stress
As I write this blog, I have one eye on the Toyota next to me, to see if the lane we chose will get us there a half a second later than we could have gotten there if we picked a different lane. (It might be good for me to add the fact that I am in the passenger seat.)...
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 | Jul 22, 2014 | Dark, facebook, Faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, projecting an image, Stories, World Vision, your life story
This quote is from Finding Faith in the Dark, which I am tempted to rename Finally Faith in the Dark, because it’s been a year since I turned it in. But I have learned that birthing stories takes time. Not just the ones we write. The ones we live. In our current...
by Laurie Short | Jun 19, 2014 | Dreams, facebook, Faith, finding faith, God, God's timing, God's will, Laurie Polich, Laurie Short, likes, Perspective, Rio, Rio de Janeiro, soccer, US Soccer team, US vs. Ghana, World Cup, Zondervan
I got some news last week. Zondervan told me that the license for my book (which comes out August 5th) was bought by a publishing company to translate it into another language. Immediately the wheels started turning… could it be Spanish? Maybe French? I had visions of...
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...
by Laurie Short | Oct 28, 2013 | being perfect, facebook, family, fantasy, Fun, high school, images, likes, mike yaconelli, myth, peer pressure, Perspective, posts, projecting an image, re-tweets, reality, social media, Stories, truth, tweets, twitter, Uncategorized
It’s an interesting culture we live in. With the rapid rise of social media, many of us now spend more time documenting our lives than we do living them. Don’t get me wrong- I love seeing what people are up to, as well as posting great life moments for others to...