Annie Warner DonnellyApr 5, 20212 minA Joy I Never ExpectedI must testify that being in my seventies is a joy I never expected. Even now, I’m not certain I can put it into words, but I do know...
Annie Warner DonnellyFeb 27, 20212 minWhere All Men Are FreeWilliam Loren Katz on page 70 of his book, “Black Pioneers” wrote this: On January 1, 1850, in Windsor, Ontario, Henry Bibb who reached...
Annie Warner DonnellyFeb 5, 20212 minThere's Only UsIn 1988, Father Gregory Boyle founded Homeboy Industries as a way of improving the lives of former gang members in East Los Angeles....
Annie Warner DonnellyJan 25, 20212 minYou can always have a good story to tellIn my early thirties, I went to visit my grandmother one day after work. During elementary school, she was the grandmother who tried to...
Annie Warner DonnellyJan 19, 20213 minThe Puzzle Piece called "Forgiving"I’ve always loved puzzles. One day, I decided to look at my life as if it’s a 100 piece puzzle. Love within my family never reached the...
Annie Warner DonnellyJan 2, 20213 minWhen does knowing become doing?In the book Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, she says this: We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the...
Annie Warner DonnellyDec 31, 20202 minEnd of 2020 MessageIt’s the last Sabbath of 2020. It’s been a year of trouble in the world around us; that’s most likely what the news media will say. But...
Annie Warner DonnellyDec 24, 20202 minThe Christmas Truce - A True StoryDecember 24, 1914, was the day that World War I fighting stopped, not because it was the end of the war. No. It stopped because it was...
Annie Warner DonnellyDec 22, 20202 minJimmy's SleepoverAs the story goes, Jimmy was the child always looking in the shop window of life. Often he felt lost and alone, afraid and unloved. One...