Author: Annie

Afternoon Distraction: Wertz is so 80s

Wertz is so 80s right now. And it is AWESOME. His new album Heatwave comes out in just a few weeks and I’m telling y’all, YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT. But for now, please enjoy this video featuring some of our other afternoon distractions – Steve Moakler and Amy Stroup! [Ben Rector is in

one week. One Week! ONE WEEK!!

I mean, not that I’m excited or anything, but SPEAK LOVE comes out in one week! ONE WEEK. SEVEN DAYS. 525,600 minutes…. wait. That’s not right. I got too excited. . . . . . Next Tuesday, Speak Love will finally be available in the bookstores in your town and it will ship out from

Afternoon Distraction: Chris

If you can get past the screaming girls [good gravy], you should listen to Ashton Kutcher. This is a good word. I hope that screaming herd of teenie-boppers really digested the words he said. Great stuff.

Let’s have some fun.

I love having fun. I mean, I spend a portion of every day trying to thing of ways to add fun to whatever activity I am doing. I’ve heard through the grapevine that some people think about how to find “quiet” and others think about how to find “peace” in their daily lives, but me?

I’m going to talk about Speak Love too much.

And I think it is only fair I (a) warn you and (b) tell you why. I love writing books, it’s my job, and I am really grateful to do it. But this book is different. Speak Love is different. . . . . . From the beginning, I never intended to write a book

The Bachelorette is over.

I gave you an extra day to watch Des’s finale, so be warned that we’re about to get supes spoiler up in here. Because I really want to talk about the entire situation and whoaaaaaaaaa. So. Stop here if you don’t know the crazy of the final rose ceremony. Or, you know, if you had

An Afternoon Distraction: Baby Elephant

You. Guys. This is bound the be the cutest moment of your Monday. And, that baby elephant Belle and I share a birthday which, you know I love my birthday, so that just makes me love her all the more. Enjoy this 1:56 of pure adorableness.

Change: A guest post from Stasi Eldredge

I’ve long been a fan of Stasi Eldredge. I think it began in college when I read Wild at Heart by John Eldredge with the hopes of understanding boys. [Any Christian girl that was in college in the late 90s will tell you she did the same. I can almost promise you that.] But then his

Why I’m excited to go to Birmingham

I would now like to make a list for you of all the reasons I am excited to go to Birmingham this weekend. Ahem. Let’s begin. 1. This event. I’m REALLY excited. Really. 2. I’ve written a brand new, fresh out of the oven talk for Friday night. So the first time I do a

7 months without cheese: A PCOS update

If you are new to this conversation, me having PCOS and all, check out these older posts to catch up. In summary, I have PCOS and I don’t love talking about it, but I’m really grateful for all that God is doing in my body and so I am talking about it. Today, seven months