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 | 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 | Jul 29, 2015 | Faith, Paris, Stepping out in faith
In a corner of a church called St. Sulpice, there is a painting on the wall that towers above you as you stand among the candles that fill the room. The church is in Paris, France, a city where art and architecture can leap off the walls and into your soul. I had that...