“The people he was trying to help… killed him.” These were words I heard at work today. I work for a Christian non-profit, non-government organization. We are in the business of international development and relief work. Every person who works here is passionately committed to caring for the needs of the poor and oppressed here…
Author: AnnieLaurie
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Gut Feelings
(originally posted at http://frontlinepulse.blogspot.com) The BBC Australia today reports that the Anglican Church has completed a new bible translation in the Kriol language which is the most widely-spoken indigenous language of Australia 500,000 plus indigenous people groups. Of note for our communications efforts is this: “It sometimes sounds as if Kriol words are English words,…
My Next 30 years
Shortly after Brian and I started dating, I had the privilege of ringing in his 30th birthday with him. We had only been dating 2 months at the time. We were driving out to Ned Divines to hear Fighting Gravity and a song came on the radio… my next 30 years some country song I…
Heavenly Day
My Brother-in-law sent me this review of Patty Griffin’s new album set to drop February 6, note that in the blog of “things to look forward to” this is listed as numero uno! The new album is titled Children Running Through and one of the songs from that album is my featured myspace song. I…
Homesick Blues
Today I was reading FM 100’s Tom Prestigiacomo’s blog on myspace/blogspot ( http://tomfm100.blogspot.com/) and suddenly felt compelled to email him and thank him for blogging. I got kinda carried away I guess, and felt like there may be a few Memphians on here who would appreciate my own musings about the River City. Or, at…
Why I Love Counting Crows
…because they play piano, electric, acoustic, base and drums,,,, and harmonica! i love their sound. alot of people like to go back and forth about Adam and his lyrics. bottom line: Adam can write songs, he can make music, and he can communicate through song. i love this band, i love this music, and i…
Cryin Over.
Oh, dear heart, what is your condition? Are you torn with anguish? Are you sorely distressed? Are you lonely? Are you pushed aside? Then cry to God. No one else can help you. He is your only hope. Wonderful hope! Cry to Him, for He can help you. I tell you, in that cry of…
You Have Been Set Apart…
[Author’s note: I wrote this blog almost 3 years ago. Today I read something profound that is relevant to this post that I will share with you now. “They [The Jews] codified the Law, adding to it 613 statutes: 365 negative statutes and 248 positive ones. They felt adhering to these they would have kept…
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