by Laurie Short | Jun 24, 2015 | Faith
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but not many people write devotionals on Leviticus. You want to fail in a Bible reading plan? Leviticus is your book. You want to inspire people? Leviticus is generally not the first place you turn. Imagine my surprise when I was...
by Laurie Short | Jun 18, 2015 | being single, boundless, Faith, focus on the family
Have you ever noticed that people give testimonies after everything is resolved? I think we should start a movement to do them BEFORE everything is resolved. Because that’s when testimonies really count. I just did a podcast on Boundless- Focus on the...
by Laurie Short | Jun 11, 2015 | Faith, graduation, parenting milestones, Perspective, step parenting
My stepson is graduating 6th grade this week. In a minute, he will be graduating 12th. I’ve heard how it works.The baby years crawl, the elementary years walk, and from 7th grade on, you blink your eyes and they are walking out the door. Wasn’t it...
by Laurie Short | Jun 3, 2015 | bruce jenner, caitlyn jenner, Faith
We live in an interesting time. A heroic decathlete has disappeared, and a woman named “Caitlyn” has taken his place. She’s on the cover of Vanity Fair this month. http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/bruce-jenner-makes-debut-as-woman-1201509326/ I’m sure...
by Laurie Short | May 28, 2015 | blended family, Faith, step mom, step parenting
I am having a moment. One of those moments when you pull back and see details about a story you are living that could only be orchestrated by Someone bigger than you. 38 years ago (gulp) I played Nurse Ratchet in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest. It was on a San...
by Laurie Short | May 21, 2015 | Faith, Psalm, Selah
This morning I read some encouraging words in Psalm 9. But the ones that jumped off the page were the words that came between the verses. Quiet interlude. That’s what it said. Usually I skip over that stuff. And rush to the next verse. But somehow this morning...