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 | Feb 2, 2015 | Faith, jen hatmaker, jennifer anniston
So this week I got to see Jen Hatmaker speak. And she’s just as good in person as she is in her blog. Funny. Smart. Loved her. And I had this moment a lot of us have when we look at people on Facebook. You know that wistful “Looks so great Wouldn’t...
by Laurie Short | Dec 29, 2014 | 2014 highlights, Faith, New Years
So here we are on the brink of 2015. Can you believe it? Another year came and went so fast I’m thinking I better mark it to make sure it really happened. Those of us on Facebook got a little help with this because they came up with a clever marketing ploy of...
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 | 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...