Author Archives: Annie

  Being the Pastor’s secretary meant that I had to attend many of the funerals that the Pastor was called upon to officiate over.  Of course, most of the funerals were for church members or their family. But, Pastor was … Continue reading →

When I was a kid there was a saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.”  Cute song but, it isn’t true.  Words can not only hurt, they can leave scars that can affect … Continue reading →

A dear friend of mine told me that as a young woman, she had stopped going to church for awhile because somebody in her church had been a hypocrite.  She said she had decided that if ‘that’ was what being a … Continue reading →

Moses was a great leader. The Bible says he talked to God “face to face” (Exodus 33:11). After Moses’ death, Joshua was chosen by God to lead the nation of Israel. Can you imagine trying to follow in the footsteps … Continue reading →

I had a friend who worried about everything.   She worried about finding work; after she found a job, she worried about losing it.   She worried about being sick, growing old, her car breaking down, her kids getting sick—EVERY thing. Whenever … Continue reading →

One afternoon, a young mom baked cookies to take to the PTA open house. As she left to run some last minute errands, she told her husband to not eat the cookies.  She told him to tell their son to not eat any … Continue reading →

  One of the first decisions every person makes each day is “What am I going to wear?”  Wearing fashionable clothes and wanting to be attractive is not a sin when Godly standards are applied (Romans 13:14).    I love how … Continue reading →

Everybody knows what the greatest commandment is! Ask any child in Kid’s Church and they’ll quickly quote, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind”   “Like”, who wouldn’t love … Continue reading →

When a robbery takes place, the first thing the thief does is over power the victim. They tie them up, cover their eyes and tape their mouth shut! Once the thief has incapacitated them, he takes everything they have.   In … Continue reading →

   Remember when we were kids and something got broken; mom would say, ‘who did this?’  Our first response was to shout, “Not me!”  If mom persisted in finding out who had committed the offense, we’d point to somebody else … Continue reading →