lauriehaughton

old pages

You know when you have something special, something that you want to keep forever, something that means a lot to you… and you put it somewhere safe, and then one day you realize that the safe place is no longer safe at all but the thing you cherish is gone, lost, and no matter howContinue reading “old pages”

Gethsemane

The artists at Little Trinity put together a series for the Stations of the cross… it’s playing on Little Trinity’s YouTube channel every day between the 10th and 16th at 7am and 5pm if you are interested in seeing all of them (totally worth it – I promise!). Here is my submission for the firstContinue reading “Gethsemane”

The Overlap

The perfect plan

one by the faces from long ago popped up onto my screen, at exactly noon eastern standard time. Some of the faces I haven’t seen since I was 19 years old and too young and dumb to know how important those relationships would be in my life. Austria, Norway, Lithuania, Poland, US, Canada, the UKContinue reading “The perfect plan”

Pray for Ukraine

In my time in Europe I came to know and love many beautiful Ukraine brothers and sisters; and today they are under threat, today the world watched as Russia invaded. We are being called to pray… through out my life I have experienced enough to know that the power of prayer works and I amContinue reading “Pray for Ukraine”

Love

For Advent this year the artists at our church created the Advent Calendar – one video every day of advent – each artist walks us through the advent theme of their week and allows us to journey through advent together. This is my video with the theme of Love. To watch the others visit LittleContinue reading “Love”

A love letter

45 years ago something really special happened that would change my life, and the life of many other people. 45 years ago, in a small town in England a little boy was born, a boy who would grow into a man who shake my world with the love he offered me. He has stood besideContinue reading “A love letter”

the prayer in our soul

a wish a dreama hopeturned into a prayerwithout my even knowing itGod heard the cry of my heartfrom the deepest parts of my soulthe very depth of my beinga song I had been singing since I was just a wish myself. and he answeredunexpectedly,surprisingly,with more than I had dared dream possible,more than I had hoped,abundantly,Continue reading “the prayer in our soul”

the abyss that called my name

Words & Images by Laurie Haughton

ungrateful cow

Sometimes something you hear or see or experience jars you from your complacency and allows you to see things for what they are in your own life. Sometimes it’s sitting on the beach, hot sand between your toes, sun on your face, kids giggling in the sparkling water and you realize how much you haveContinue reading “ungrateful cow”