by Laurie Short | Dec 23, 2016 | Faith, Reframe your life, when changing nothing changes everything
(This blog is inspired by a story in my new book- and a 3 minute reflection can be viewed on facebook live here: https://www.facebook.com/LauriePolichShort/ ) It was 6 a.m. at a gym I had found in a town that wasn’t mine. I was half asleep when I climbed onto the...
by Laurie Short | Dec 7, 2016 | Faith, Reframe your life, when changing nothing changes everything
Christmas can be hard. When you’re lonely, sad, or not where you want to be, the coziness of Christmas can add a twinge (or even a stab) to a hurting heart. You may want to celebrate Jesus’ birth, but you just wish you could do it somewhere else. This is where...
by Laurie Short | Nov 10, 2016 | election 2016, Faith, reframing, when changing nothing changes everything
When you look at the picture below, what do you see? It could be an old woman or a young woman, depending on the way you look at her face. From one angle, she has a big nose and a wide scarf and her chin is pointed down. She looks like a grandmother. But if you look...
by Laurie Short | Oct 26, 2016 | Faith, Reframing your life, when changing nothing changes everything
In 2006, a book called “The Secret” swept the New York Times bestseller list, and made Oprah Winfrey’s coveted list of “must read” books. The message of the book was: You have the power to get what you want. Years before that, a prisoner from the New Testament wrote a...