Annie's MiniBFF Podcast
by That Sounds Fun Network
In March 2020 when the world started closing doors, Annie F. Downs opened one for her youngest group of friends. She started reading a picture book each week on her Instagram account, and SO MANY friends tuned in. To continue with her love for reading to her miniBFFs, Annie is now sharing stories from her favorite book ever – The Bible. The miniBFF podcast will allow kids (and their grownups) a chance to grow in their faith as she brings the stories of the Bible to life.
Episodes
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Episode 106: Don't Let That Hold You Back!
I recently released my newest book for grownups: Don't Let That Hold You Back! I wanted to share the message of that book with you too, miniBFFs! You are brave and smart and talented, and I'm so proud of you!
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Episode 105: Spiritually Stronger in Worship
Most of you know I have this podcast for grownups called That Sounds Fun. On that podcast we are learning about how to become stronger in our relationship with God. Spiritually Stronger! I was not about to leave out my miniBFFs for this journey! So... Welcome to the first ever theme on Annie’s...
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Episode 104: Spiritually Stronger in Community
Most of you know I have this podcast for grownups called That Sounds Fun. On that podcast we are learning about how to become stronger in our relationship with God. Spiritually Stronger! I was not about to leave out my miniBFFs for this journey! So... Welcome to the first ever theme on Annie’s...
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Episode 103: Spiritually Stronger by Practicing Sabbath
Most of you know I have this podcast for grownups called That Sounds Fun. On that podcast we are learning about how to become stronger in our relationship with God. Spiritually Stronger! I was not about to leave out my miniBFFs for this journey! So... Welcome to the first ever theme on Annie’s...
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Episode 102: Spiritually Stronger through Gratitude
Most of you know I have this podcast for grownups called That Sounds Fun. On that podcast we are learning about how to become stronger in our relationship with God. Spiritually Stronger! I was not about to leave out my miniBFFs for this journey! So... Welcome to the first ever theme on Annie’s...
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Episode 101: Spiritually Stronger through Generosity
Most of you know I have this podcast for grownups called That Sounds Fun. On that podcast we are learning about how to become stronger in our relationship with God. Spiritually Stronger! I was not about to leave out my miniBFFs for this journey! So... Welcome to the first ever theme on Annie’s...
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Episode 100: Spiritually Stronger through Fasting
Most of you know I have this podcast for grownups called That Sounds Fun. On that podcast we are learning about how to become stronger in our relationship with God. Spiritually Stronger! I was not about to leave out my miniBFFs for this journey! So.. Welcome to the first ever theme on Annie’s...
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Episode 99: Spiritually Stronger in Prayer
Most of you know I have this podcast for grownups called That Sounds Fun. On that podcast we are learning about how to become stronger in our relationship with God. Spiritually Stronger! I was not about to leave out my miniBFFs for this journey! So.. Welcome to the first ever theme on Annie’s...
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Episode 98: Day 100 - Let’s All Be Brave
It’s Day 100 of our Brave Kids Book Club! Today I will be reading from the devotional I wrote just for my miniBFFs, 100 Days to Brave for Kids, called “Let’s All Be Brave”. But, similar to Day 25, 50 and 75, I am adding in another story that isn’t in your book. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! We did it,...
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Episode 95: Day 84 and Bravery with Others
It’s Day 84 of our Brave Kids Book Club! Today I am popping in to say hi and remind you to read from the devotional I wrote just for my miniBFFs, 100 Days to Brave for Kids. In this Brave Kids Book Club we are reading through all 100 Days to Brave for Kids together! If this is your first time...
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Episode 94: Day 75 - Sabbath
It’s Day 75 of our Brave Kids Book Club! Today I will be reading from the devotional I wrote just for my miniBFFs, 100 Days to Brave for Kids, called “Sabbath”. But, similar to Day 25 and Day 50, I am adding in another story that isn’t in your book. In this Brave Kids Book Club we are reading...
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Episode 93: Day 50 - Change Always Happens
It’s Day 50 of our Brave Kids Book Club! Today I will be reading from the devotional I wrote just for my miniBFFs, 100 Days to Brave for Kids, called “Change Always Happens”. But, similar to Day 25, I am adding in another story that isn’t in your book. In this Brave Kids Book Club we are reading...
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Episode 91: Day 25 - God Is Forgiving
It’s Day 25 of our Brave Kids Book Club! Today I will be reading from the devotional I wrote just for my miniBFFs, 100 Days to Brave for Kids, called “God is Forgiving”. But I am also adding in another story that isn’t in your book. In this Brave Kids Book Club we are reading through all 100 Days...
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Episode 90: Day Ten - Your Feet
It’s Day 10 of our Brave Kids Book Club! Today I will be reading from the devotional I wrote just for my miniBFFs, 100 Days to Brave for Kids, called “Your Feet”. In this Brave Kids Book Club we are reading through all 100 Days to Brave for Kids together! I have read the first 10 days of the book...
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Episode 89: Day Nine - Your Heart
It’s Day 9 of the Brave Kids Book Club where we are reading all 100 days of 100 Days to Brave for Kids TOGETHER! Today we are learning about “Your Heart”. For the first 10 days I will be reading to you on the podcast. Then throughout the remaining 90 days of our book club I will randomly pop back...
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Episode 88: Day Eight - You Are Not A Mistake
It’s Day 8 of our Brave Kids Book Club! Today we are reading “You Are Not A Mistake” which comes from my kids devotional 100 Days to Brave for Kids. In the Brave Kids Book Club we are reading through 100 Days to Brave for Kids together. Taking it one day at a time and growing braver and closer to...
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Episode 87: Day Seven - The Truth Sets You Free
It’s Day 7 of our Brave Kids Book Club! We are learning how “The Truth Sets You Free” in today’s episode. I will be reading from our Brave Kids Book Club book - 100 Days to Brave for Kids. A devotional written just for my miniBFFs. In this book club we are reading each day of 100 Days to Brave…
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Episode 86: Day Six - The Lies You Believe
It’s Day 6 of 100 Days to Brave for Kids and we are just rocking right through the start of our Brave Kids Book Club! I am having so much fun being in a book club with you! In our Brave Kids Book Club we are reading all 100 days of 100 Days to Brave for Kids together. We read one day at a time,...
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Episode 85: Day Five - Just Start
It’s Day 5 of our Brave Kids Book Club is a GO! Today we are talking about how brave it is to Just Start. This reading comes from the devotional I wrote just for my miniBFFs - 100 Days to Brave for Kids. For the Brave Kids Book Club we are reading through all 100 days of 100 Days to Brave for…
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Episode 84: Day Four - Look For Brave
It’s Day 4 of our Brave Kids Book Club! Let’s go miniBFFs! We are discussing how we “Look for Brave" in today’s podcast. I will be reading from Day 4 of 100 Days to Brave for Kids. If you are new! Welcome - we are so happy to have you as a member of our club. For the Brave Kids Book Club, we are...
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Episode 83: Day Three - You Are Braver Than You Know
It’s Day 3 of our Brave Kids Book Club! We are learning that You Are Braver Than You Know from the devotional I wrote just for my miniBFFs - 100 Days to Brave for Kids In the Brave Kids Book Club we will be reading through all 100 days of 100 Days to Brave for Kids! I will read the first 10 days...
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Episode 82: Day Two - Why Be Brave?
Day 2 of our Brave Kids Book Club! Today we are talking about “What is Brave?”, and I will be reading this entry from the devotional I made just for my miniBFFs - 100 Days to Brave for Kids. For this Brave Kids Book Club we will be going through all 100 days of the devotional together! I will…
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Episode 81: Day One--What is Brave?
Welcome to the first ever Brave Kids Book Club! In this book club we will spend the next 100 days becoming braver and growing closer to God, by reading my kids devotional 100 Days to Brave for Kids. For the first 10 days, I will be coming on the podcast so we can read those 10 days together.…
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Episode 80: Being Brave with Logo Lemon
We are teamed up with the band CAIN to bring you a very special series on the podcast! This episode we have CAIN band member, Logan, reading to us about his character Logo Lemon, from the book I’m So Blessed. Logo Lemon loves to get a crowd going! So much so that he planned a big back flip for...
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Episode 79: Never Alone with Maddie Melon
We are teamed up with the band CAIN to bring you a very special series on the podcast! This episode we have CAIN band member, Madison, reading to us about her character Maddie Melon, from the book I’m So Blessed. Maddie Melon had big plans for her birthday. But those plans didn’t exactly work out...
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Episode 78: No Matter The Weather with Tay Tay Tangerine
We are teamed up with the band CAIN to bring you a very special series on the podcast! This episode we have CAIN band member, Taylor, reading to us about her character Tay Tay Tangerine, from the book I’m So Blessed. Goodness do we love Tay Tay Tangerine and her really cute pink cowgirl boots.…
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Episode 77: The Best Thing About You with Always Annie
We are teamed up with the band CAIN to bring you a very special series on the podcast! This episode we get to learn about Always Annie from the book So Happy to Know You! Always Annie teaches us to remember the best thing about each of you. And guess what? She knows exactly what that is. It isn’t...
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I’m So Blessed - Sneak Peek
Welcome Back miniBFFs! Guess what? For the first time ever on Annie’s miniBFF Podcast, we have a guest reader. Actually we have a whole band guest reading for us! The band, CAIN will be joining us to share about their kids book, I’m So Blessed, and a story from… THE BIBLE! Don’t worry. I will be...
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Episode 76: Where We Are Going
Join us as we finish up our mini-series to honor my newest kid’s book Where Did TJ Go?, which is available for pre-order now and releases TOMORROW (February 18th). You and your grown up can find out all the details at wheredidTJgo.com. For this episode we are learning about Where We Are Going. In...
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Episode 75: Why We Are Here
Welcome to our mini series that goes along with my newest kid’s book “Where Did TJ Go?”, which is available for pre-order now and releases February 18th. You and your grown up can find out all the details at wheredidTJgo.com. For this episode we are learning about Why We Are Here. So we know that...
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Episode 74: Who We Are
Welcome to a special mini-series in honor of my newest kid’s book “Where Did TJ Go?”, which is available for pre-order now and releases February 18th. You and your grown up can find out all the details at wheredidTJgo.com. For this episode we are learning about Who We Are. We talk about how well...
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Episode 73: Lydia
The last episode of Season 5! I know, I am sad too miniBFFS. But think of all the people we have learned about this season! We have also grown so much deeper in our knowledge of how God works through his people. We have loved using the Go Bible, which brought us lessons from a feature called The...
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Episode 72: Paul
Wow we have already learned so much this season about people from the Bible! Thanks to the Go Bible, we are able to bring you lessons from a feature called The True Tales of Transformed People. This part of the Go Bible gives a snapshot of the stories of different people from the Bible. Each week...
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Episode 71: Mary Magdalene
We are loving this season of the podcast! We have partnered with the Go Bible to bring you lessons their True Tales of Transformed People. This part of the Go Bible gives a snapshot of a different person from the Bible. Each week we will be focusing on one person who has been transformed by God....
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Episode 70: Nehemiah
For this season we have partnered with the Go Bible to bring you lessons from one of their features called The True Tales of Transformed People. This part of the Go Bible gives a snapshot of a Biblical character, and each week we will be focusing on one person who has been transformed by God. For...
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Episode 69: Samuel
minibFFs, we have found this awesome new bible called, The Go Bible, and it has a feature in it called The True Tales of Transformed People. This feature gives a snapshot of a different person from the bible. Each week we will be focusing on one person who has been transformed by God. This week…
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Episode 68: Ruth and Naomi
We are so excited to share with you this awesome new Bible called The Go Bible. It has a feature in it called The True Tales of Transformed People. This feature gives a snapshot of a different person from the Bible who has been transformed by God, and we get to We got to learn about Rahab last...
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Episode 67: Rahab
Oh miniBFFs season 5 is off and running and we are so excited. We have found this awesome new bible called, The Go Bible, and it has a feature in it called The True Tales of Transformed People. This feature gives a snapshot of a different person from the bible. Each week we will be focusing on…
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Episode 66: Joshua
Welcome to Season 5 of Annie’s miniBFF Podcast! We have found this awesome new bible called, The Go Bible, and it has a feature in it called The True Tales of Transformed People. This feature gives a snapshot of a different person from the bible. Each week we will be focusing on one person who…
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Episode 65: Going Home
We wrap up our season of the gospels with this beautiful story from the Jesus Storybook Bible. We know that Jesus came back to the disciples to show them that he is alive. But the disciples always knew that he would have to go back to heaven to be with God. Jesus had told the disciples that he…
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Episode 64: Jesus Comes Back
When Jesus was crucified his disciples were so scared that they went off and hid from everyone. They were worried that what happened to Jesus would happen to them too. But there was one person they could not hide from. And that would be Jesus himself! In fact they thought he was a ghost when they...
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Episode 63: The Sun Stops Shining
We know about Easter Sunday but did you know that there is a very important day that comes before Easter? Well, it is called Good Friday. On this day the people who didn’t know Jesus and all the wonderful ways he loved the world, decided that Jesus wasn't allowed to live anymore. Our story today...
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Episode 62: God's Wonderful Surprise
What if you went to your friend’s house and you didn’t find your friend, you found a huge angel waiting for you instead?! I mean that would be really cool, a little scary, and super crazy all at the same time. Well, a similar thing happened to some of Jesus’s friends when they went to visit Him…
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Episode 61: Washed with Tears
When you are done playing outside at the end of each day I bet your feet might be a little stinky? To get those feet cleaned up I bet you would normally use soap and water! Right?! Well guess who else has had stinky feet? Jesus! Yep, minibffs even Jesus’ feet got dirty and He had to have His feet...
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Episode 60: Zacchaeus
Have you ever been to a parade and had a really hard time being able to see all the excitement passing in front of you? Don’t you just wish there was a way you could make yourself taller?! Well, Zacchaeus had this problem too. He had heard Jesus was coming to town and wanted to see him. But he…
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Episode 59: The Son Who Came Home
Jesus spent a lot of time telling us parables while He was on earth. This episode is the parable about a son who told his father he was ready to go off and explore the world and take all his money with him. But the son didn’t handle his adventure very well. He made a lot of mistakes along the…
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Episode 58: The Lost Sheep
miniBFFs! We all know what it feels like to lose our favorite toy. Right?! It's the worst! And once we realize it is lost, all we want to do is find it! We will search high and low for our toy because we want it back. Well in our lesson today Jesus tells us a parable about a shepherd who lost his...
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Episode 57: The Good Samaritan
You may have heard about the rule in the Bible that says to love God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. AND to love your neighbor the way you love yourself. But that word neighbor wasn’t easy for everyone to understand. Because Jesus isn’t…
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Episode 56: The Friend to Little Children
Do you know who is always going to be your friend? Jesus! Yes miniBFFs! Jesus wants to be our friend and he wants to spend all the time he can with you. In fact, there is a whole story in the bible about kids like you miniBFFs and how much Jesus wanted them to come see him. This story, The Friend...
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Episode 55: Jesus Walking on Water
So miniBFFs, let me ask you a question. Do you know how to walk on water? Because I sure don’t! But in today’s story we are going to read about one person who had no problem walking on water, Jesus. Not only did he walk on water he walked on water in the middle of a huge storm! I mean trying to...
About this show
In March 2020 when the world started closing doors, Annie F. Downs opened one for her youngest group of friends. She started reading a picture book each week on her Instagram account, and SO MANY friends tuned in. To continue with her love for reading to her miniBFFs, Annie is now sharing stories from her favorite book ever – The Bible. The miniBFF podcast will allow kids (and their grownups) a chance to grow in their faith as she brings the stories of the Bible to life.
Hosted by
That Sounds Fun Network