My church has a competition between small groups each fall called Cookie Monster Monday. All the small groups at Frontline Arlington are invited to participate. The objective is to bake the best cookie. Each small group who participates must bake 100 cookies for tasting and judging by all the participants of Frontline Arlington. Tonight for…
Author: AnnieLaurie
Is Life Meaningless?
I have spent some time in Ecclesiastes lately and have been wondering, is it true that there isn’t anything new under the sun? Is all the flurry of activity in life, particularly in my own life, meaningless vanity? I am wondering if the things that fill my life are placed there by me or placed…
For the Record…
Just in case the FTC actually knows my blog exists: I am an official book review blogger for Thomas Nelson publishing. They send me free books. I read the books and write what I think of the books on my blog and also on Amazon.com. Not all books I write about on my blog come…
A New Season
I am so back! September sucked people, ok it just sucked bad. There were a couple of bright spots, or bright sides as the case may be, but if I had to use one word to sum up September it would have to be TANK. So now that September is DUNZO I am SO THRILLED…
My personal 9-11 Remembrance
Last year I wrote about what life was like before and after 9-11 for me. I was working on Capitol Hill that day and the feelings and images of people evacuating (running for their lives) and smoke billowing from the Pentagon still settle in on my mind on the anniversary of 9-11. This year, my…
Book Review: “Fearless” by Max Lucado
In a time in History where people have many things to fear, Max Lucado delivers a dose of wise counsel and biblical truth to help treat fear at its root. While Fearless deals with specific fears fueled by headlines in the local papers(such as terrorism and the global economic crisis), it also deals with generalized…
Book Review: “The Noticer” by Andy Andrews
Sometimes, All A Person Needs Is A Little Perspective Have you ever read a book that was just what you needed at just the time you needed it? Well for me, this weekend, that book was “The Noticer” by Andy Andrews. Work has been really hectic and stressful the past several weeks. I have been…
Upcoming Book Review: Fearless, by Max Lucado
I’ll admit that I can tend to be a ‘fraidy cat… alot. Scared of the dark, scared of things that go bump in the night, scared of spiders, scared of what people think of me, scared of bad things that may (and probably wont) happen. And the list goes on. This is why I am…
The Bright Side of Inconvenience
What could possibly be bright about Inconvenience? Well, today I have two things…. And I posted them over at my new blog- The Daily Bright Side! I will not always repost Daily Bright Side blogs on this blog so if you want to keep up with your daily dose of Bright Side please CLICK HERE…
