AnnieLaurie

Thoughts on Newness

My friend Jenny asked me to do a guest post on her blog about “newness.” Jenny is on a mission trip in Africa and planned ahead to have several women bloggers write on this subject during the time she is away. Today, I’m up to bat. I would love you to go to her blog…

Why Our Marriage Works

If you spend much time around Brian and me, you know that we have a passion for seeing young couples succeed in marriage – especially engaged couples. This is due in large part to the fact that our engagement period was a critical time of preparation that we believe rooted our marriage in a firm…

How I Met My Husband

On Friday, April 30, 2010 we will celebrate 5 years of marriage. This is a big milestone for us and we are so excited. I have a few stories I want to tell as a follow on to the How I Met My Husband series, so to set the stage, I am reposting the series…

Do Good This Week

As you may know, my friends and I started a non-profit foundation to fund medical, educational and feeding programs in Kenya. We founded David’s Hope International in 2009 after returning from a mission trip to Eburru, Kenya where we saw the desperation first hand. Since that time, the foundation continues to bless the children and…

Happy Anniversary Hubble

I admit, I am kind of a space nerd. Actually I am pretty fascinated by anything in the sky, falling from the sky, that can only be seen through high powered telescopes and other devices. This includes weather events, meteor showers, aurora boralias, and of course all things beyond Earth’s atmosphere. So today I was…

The Least, the Lost and Me – Guest Post by Justin Phillips

What does it really mean to be a Christian? What does it NOT mean to be a Christian? I think in many cases the Church, especially in the West, is pretty confused. We have allowed politics and social influences to shape how we believe a follower of Christ should look. This is a huge topic…

April Showers: Pink and Green for the Preppy Bride-to-Be

If you are wondering why I have not been blogging as much lately, its because I have been party planning for my newest bride! I was honored to be invited to stand up for one of my dearest friends as a bridesmaid in her June wedding. Being a bridesmaid means many things, and of the…

Peace and Joy

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings,…

Hot Summer Sun – 2010 Music Playlist for Summer

Here it is, my Summer 2010 playlist of summertime goodness. Disclaimer: some of you may not like all of these songs. Its definitely more edgy and less pop than normal for me. But to me, these are roll down the windows, let your hair fly and sing at the top of your lungs songs that…

Setting the Stage for Holy Week

While I realize we are well into Holy Week, I wanted to share a video with you. This is a collection of photos I took while visiting Israel in 2008. I am a very visual person and seeing the places where the events of Holy Week originally happened helps me focus and be in a…