Laurie is a joy to work with! She is authentic in the sharing of her story through her teaching. Our women loved Laurie as our women's gathering speaker, some commented she was one of their all-time favorite speakers they had heard!
Laurie Short is a speaker, author, wife, and stepmom. She is a graduate of Fuller Seminary and has served on staff at four churches over the last thirty years. Laurie has spoken to more than 500,000 people at conferences, colleges, and churches around the country. Her popular studies on Right Now media, including 40 verses to ignite your faith, Romans 8: the greatest chapter in the Bible, and Faith, Doubt, and God’s mysterious timing have more than half a million views, and they have been done in churches all over the world.
Laurie is the author of five books in the last ten years: “Faith, Doubt and God’s mysterious timing” (2023) “40 verses to Ignite Your Faith” (2019), “When Changing Nothing Changes Everything” (2017), "Finding Faith in the Dark” (2014), and Grace-Filled Stepparenting” (2020). Two of her books have been published in other languages. Previously, Laurie authored fifteen youth ministry books under her maiden name, before she became a Christian life author.
Laurie was the first woman on the Youth Specialties speaking team (1995-2005), and more recently was the visionary/founder of a women’s conference called “SheGrows” to encourage and promote mentoring relationships (2018-2020). She has spoken to countless churches and universities and is currently becoming a fresh voice in the world of women’s conferences. She is also highly capable of headlining conferences with both men and women because of her background and experience.
Laurie has been featured on Focus on the Family, Life Today, Family Life, PBS, Faith Radio, World Magazine, and Moody Radio. She has been interviewed on the topics of God’s mysterious timing When God’s plan isn’t your plan, How to see your life the way God sees your life, Finding faith in the dark, and Stepparenting with grace. Laurie lives with her husband Jere, and stepson Jordan, but she is about to become an empty nester as Jordan is joining the Marine Corps this year.
Laurie offers 4 “lenses” to help you see your life differently and make good choices in every season to make way for the best future.
How do you navigate your faith when life falls apart? This actually happened to Laurie and she shares how her experience led her to a deeper faith.
Many people struggle with God’s timing, and don’t have help to lean in and trust it. Laurie shares hidden insights from the stories in the Bible that can help you learn to navigate your waits.
Laurie shares from her book "Grace-filled Stepparenting" how to handle this unique and challenging calling of being a stepparent.
Can we trust a God who gives us different answers than we pray for? Who only fully reveals himself when we look back? Who lets us walk in darkness for months (and sometimes years) at a time? In Finding Faith in the Dark, Laurie Short says yes, and through her story and the stories of others, she reveals a God who is able to transform the dark chapters of our lives into opportunities of grace.
Maybe you've been there:
When these things happen, we are left wondering "Where is that God who promises to answer our prayers if we trust in Him? Why isn't my life turning out the way I hoped, let alone how I had planned?"
If you are, or have ever been, in that place, this book is for you. And more than helping you find your way out, this book will help you find your way through that place.