by Laurie Short | Oct 1, 2015 | cancer, Faith, faith in the dark, fear of the unknown
“The spot is benign”, my friend heard, and since that moment every breath has been a gift. It’s funny how that happens. Ever since she got cancer and was pronounced clear after chemo, every successive checkup slowly delivered her back to normal life. Where breaths are...
by Laurie Short | Sep 17, 2015 | Faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, jesus calling, sarah young
I opened Jesus Calling this morning, and here were the words I read: “YOU WILL NOT FIND MY PEACE by engaging in excessive planning, attempting to control what will happen to you in the future.” I believe my name was written in invisible ink right at the...
by Laurie Short | Sep 1, 2015 | Faith, faith in the dark, great saints of the past, henrietta mears
I am thinking these days a lot about faith. Not because I wrote about it. Or speak about it. But because right now, I have to live it. Imagine that. You know it’s bad when one of your best friends opens your book and says “You need this quote right now.” There are...
by Laurie Short | Jul 13, 2015 | Faith
I know I told a story about the chain of events that happened when I missed my plane a few months ago, (https://laurieshort.com/one-of-those-days/ ) but this flight story is different. The other one was my fault human error. This one was truly out of my hands. After a...
by Laurie Short | Jun 30, 2015 | Creation Festival, Faith, God's perspective
When I first started out in ministry, I worked with a youth pastor who had this sign up in his office: “Now Serving an Audience of One” It came to mind again last weekend when I spoke at Creation East http://creationfest.com/ne/lineups/ Creation is huge...