Shorter University Library

New book order just dropped 😎

Title list*:
Fiction
📙Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
📗The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower (v.1-8)
📘Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
📕The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Romance
📙How to Plot a Paypack by Melissa Ferguson
📗Blackmore by Julianne Donaldson
📘Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer
📕Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

Non-Fiction
📙Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi
📗In No More Boring Bible Study by Faith Womack
📘The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
📕The Sacred Search: What if it's not about who you marry, but why? by Gary Thomas

*And this list isn't all! We have more new books, but we couldn't list them all in this post.

Verse of the day: Matthew 8:26.

Context:

23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him.

24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.

25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”

26 He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.

27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”

"For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God."

-Romans 1:20
New Living Translation (NLT)

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The post image depicts several small waterfalls coming down the side of a mountain into a dark blue-green pool. The text of Romans 1:20 overlays the image in white text.

Happy Independence Day! 🗽

📣Hours update: Our hours will be a bit shorter this week than normal.

We will be closed July 2nd- 5th for Independence Day.
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Verse of the day:
"Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you."

-1 Peter 5:7, NLT

Did you know Shorter used to be in a different location? "Old Shorter" was built on Shelton Hill (now known as Old Shorter Hill), which is one of Rome's seven hills. When it was founded in 1873, it was called Cherokee Baptist Female College. After Alfred and Martha Shorter's generous donation to the school in 1877, it was re-named Shorter college.

Shorter was moved to the present campus in 1910.
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A moment of appreciation for the afternoon lighting. 🌞

"The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him."

-Psalms 103:13 NLT

Happy Father's Day, Hawks!

This verse in context:
12 So then, brothers, we are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh,
13 for if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 All those led by God's Spirit are God's sons.
15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father!"
16 The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God's children,
17 and if children, also heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ-seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

-Romans 8:12-17

Description (alt. text): Image depicts a father and son, backs towards the camera, facing the sunset. The son is riding on the father's shoulders. The father holds the son's hands, spreading the child's arms out wide. A blurred field with mountains beyond it is in the background. A bible verse overlays the image.

Image text: For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father!"
-Romans 8:15, CSB