by Laurie Short | Jul 31, 2014 | Faith, finding faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, Giving birth, Leap of faith, Parenting, publishing a book, Risk, step mom, Stepping out in faith, Taking risks, Writing a book, Zondervan
I am taking liberties with the title of this blog, because I have never actually birthed a baby. And unless God is up for another Sarah type miracle, I don’t plan to. My step son Jordan is God’s perfect gift of a child for me. However on Tuesday August 5th, I...
by Laurie Short | Jun 27, 2014 | baby, Disappointment with God, Faith, finding faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, Gethsemane, God, God's will, Jesus, Laurie Short, Philip Yancey, Prayer
A couple of years ago Time magazine ran an article on “attachment parenting” which had a cover shot of a mom dressed in workout clothes, breastfeeding her three-year-old boy. Going for the shock value, Time succeeded, and I’m pretty sure it led to a few discussions...
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 | May 5, 2014 | adopting, Blessing, Compassion, Faith, finding faith, foster parenting, Fully alive, giving, Grace, Haiti, Laurie Short, making a difference, poverty, Stories
Last week I wrote about it. This week I decided to let you see it with your own eyes. If you missed what I posted last week, you may want to follow this link: http://blog.lauriepolich.com/the-road-to-a-bigger-life/ But to get the full impact of the story, you probably...
by Laurie Short | Mar 3, 2014 | adopting, Angels foster care, baby, Blessing, Disappointment with God, Faith, family, finding faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, foster parenting, God, Parenting, Philip Yancey, Stories
Author Philip Yancey (of whom I am a big fan) says there are 3 questions we struggle with when we feel God’s distance and want or need him to be close. The questions are: Why is God hidden? Why is God silent? Why is God unfair? At the root of our doubts, usually one...
by Laurie Short | Feb 22, 2014 | Blessing, Faith, finding faith, Grace, Haiti, job loss, Missions, Perspective, poverty, thankfulness
For those who need to see the good in the bad, this story of a friend of mine is for you. It was a day that began like countless others. Julie got up, pushed her alarm button and limped to the coffeepot. As her feet slowly woke up beneath her, it struck her how much...