by Laurie Short | Feb 25, 2015 | Faith, Grace, Perspective
I just got a ticket for having my email application open on my cell phone (that isn’t me or the officer but it’s just there for effect) Not an email. Email APPLICATION. I picked it up at a red light and glanced at my email list on my screen. Then I put it...
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 | Jan 26, 2015 | Faith, Perspective
I’m half way through my new book. Which is why you haven’t heard from me in a while. That means I have seven whole chapters done. It also means I have seven whole chapters to go. And that’s what my book is about. It’s not a book about finishing chapters....
by Laurie Short | Oct 29, 2014 | ebola, Faith, generosity, giving, making a difference, Perspective
A month ago, we heard about children being beheaded in the Middle East for proclaiming the Christian faith. Today, we tally scores of people dying from Ebola in Africa. And while we work to quarantine individuals to keep this disease from infecting our first world...
by Laurie Short | Oct 20, 2014 | Dreams, Faith, Finding Faith in the Dark, gifts, giving, God, high school, making a difference, Perspective, Seize the Day, Turning 50
Turning 50 brings some interesting things into your life, not the least of which is the awareness that you are on the back nine of life. And unless your destiny is to become one of the 100 year old faces on the Smuckers jam anniversary label, you probably have more...