Anne Marie Miller

Author: Anne Marie Miller

  • how last night went

    it was amazing. thanks for praying. the nerves were calmed well before i went up on stage. i don’t remember most of what i said, which is a good thing…because it probably means it wasn’t me doing the talking. we had a great Q&A with them afterwards (lots of really thought-provoking questions you would never imagine a teenager would write about sex) and i can’t believe i haven’t done this sooner. it was definitely a great experience (thanks to jamie and dalton for making me feel comfortable!) and i’d do it again in a heartbeat! thanks again for all your prayers, and emails, and text messages. you guys are awesome and it’s great to know the Church is out there covering me in prayer – even if i’ve never met you! some of you emailed and asked if you could get a copy of the night’s message. well, we did record the evening, and as soon as i get the mp3, i’ll upload and link to it.

    sunday night at 9pm (CDT) i’ll be on 89.7 PowerFM here in Dallas on PowerTalk Live. you can listen online here if you want to. same subject matter – porn! we will open the phone lines up around 9:15-9:20pm to take live questions on air.? you can call 214-787-1897 locally or 1-866-787-1897 if you’re not from DFW. i know a few girls have emailed me about their stories, so if you have the time and the desire, it would be great to have you girls (and guys) call in (even from out of state) to share your stories.

  • talking to the big guy upstairs

    if you wouldn’t mind, say a wee prayer for yours truly. tonight is the night…the night i speak at the net, our high school program, on one of our campuses (the mesquite campus, across from the town east mall if any of you dfw people want to drop by – next to target!)? anyway, the party begins at 7 pm, and i’ll probably be doing my part of the talk around 7:30-7:45.? after me, the student pastor is going to talk for 15 minutes, and then we’re going to do a Q&A.

    the whole night is about sex and porn so please pray that god will have our hearts and minds completely and use us to speak whatever truth he wants them to hear tonight.? also, for the kids…after it’s all over we are going to be hanging out to talk to anyone who wants to meet individually, so that they will have courage to approach us, and that we’ll be able to help them…

  • tension

    for a rope to have tension,
    two forces must be pulling
    as fiercely as possible
    in opposite directions

    yet called out
    trying to balance
    and understand
    unity
    freedom
    humility
    kingdom

  • weekend thought…it’s my birthday, when’s yours?

    i turn 27 on monday.? if you’re new here, read my last birthday post to catch up.

    a friend turned me on to a new band.? and consequently, i found this song.? which i officially and hereby dub the song of my twenty-seventh year.

    There are songs to be sung,
    And pages to be filled with memories.
    There are roads to be traveled in places I have never seen.
    There are postcards to send,
    And so much beauty just to take in.
    There are dreams to be chased,
    And friends to be held more dearly.
    There is love to be seen more clearly.
    There are fears to be faced,
    And tremblings to understand.
    There are new days to brave,
    And all this foolish pride
    To lay down in your hands.

    [ode to new grass – the gloria record]

    i am taking monday off work, spending the first part of the day at a spa getting massaged, facialed [extracted, if necessary], manicured, pedicured and the last part of the day with twenty-five-ish of some of my dearest friends (and newest friends) at a dinner & movie screening of the new Jim Carrey film, 23.

    Fun will be had.? Photos will be taken.

    When’s your birthday?

  • smoke and illumination [a valentine’s day memoir]

    no linen napkins. no salad forks.
    [crinkle of cereal bags]
    the air is cold. hot tea.
    [i stayed in the car, thank you]
    wrong turn on main street.
    [never listen to your wife’s directions]
    parking. walking. windy. stamp on right hand.
    [should have left my coat in the car]
    walking. again. windy.
    [jaywalker]
    illumination through the cigarette smoke
    [holding your hand tight. drunken lovers quarrel]
    don’t spend your whole life, waiting for your whole life

  • sleep in heavenly peace

    does anyone out there have problems sleeping? i have tried most of the typical expensive “sleep aids” and they do nothing for me, so i am currently on an anti-seizure medicine that is off labeled for insomnia. it helps me fall asleep but evidently it’s not a very deep sleep, as i wake up every hour or so when the train outside goes by. so, except for maybe one night this month, i have not been able to sleep through the night. if i increase the dosage, it just makes me feel drunk the next day but doesn’t help me stay asleep any better.

    besides drugging myself into a coma, does anyone have any advice? i do breathing exercises and the whole “head-to-toe” relaxation, but like i said, the problem isn’t going to sleep – it is staying there.

  • Weigh In, Week 3

    Ok…I am wondering if Los was eating too much at re:Create or what, but we haven’t had an official Fat Ragamuffin weigh in for a while. Anyway, here is the latest from Texas…

    1/1=162
    1/8=159
    1/15=158
    1/22=156
    1/31=154
    2/6=152
    2/13=150

    Still pretty steady. Surprising considered my Friday night binge on Pei Wei and The Nestle Cookie Store. Also, I thought to help hold my lazy butt accountable, I’d post the dates I worked out. Minimum Goal is 3 a week.

    Last week:
    Tuesday – 35 cardio
    Wednesday – 35 cardio
    Thursday – 25 cardio, 15 weights
    Saturday – 35 cardio

    Some of that was actual jogging. As in not walking. And I’m still alive! Woohoo!

    The rest of you – speak up! Let the news be heard. How’s it going?

  • today, deux

    was very busy.

    but nothing got done.

    ever had a day like that?

  • alone

    i have no idea why in the world my spirit is reacting to anna nicole smith’s death the way it is.? i am SO incredibly heartbroken over it.? i never really followed her much, except whatever was on a TV interview i’d happen to catch or the trimspa ads.? she grew up just an hour or so away from dallas, so the media here has been all over it – talking to people in her hometown of mexia (ma-hee-ah), just a little south of dallas.

    in her last interview, which was shown on the today show this morning, you could see she had given up hope.? there was not a single light on in her eyes.? her slouched over shoulders and the way her non-expressive facial movements made me want to go back in time, find her, and be her friend.

    all the woman needed was a friend.

    they keep saying over and over again – she died alone…she died alone…

    that just really, really sucks.? she was such a beautiful woman, who was no more or less human than you or me.