Hope for All Who Are Unhappy This Christmas

By Barbara Rainey | December 12, 2022 | 2 Comments

As we approach Christmas, I’m wondering today if you are feeling lonely or troubled or disappointed. The week after Halloween this year I was in a retail store which was playing a Christmas song … too soon already … about the holidays being the best time of the year. It wasn’t a familiar tune so […]

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A Drone View of the Old Testament

By Barbara Rainey | November 14, 2022 | 0 Comments

Drones have given us ordinary people access to views only pilots and satellites once had. Recently a friend of ours took photos of our house with his drone. The images he captured show our house and yard, which from high above look tiny in the midst of the surrounding woods and forest. The view from […]

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Newly-Discovered Nuggets From God’s Word

By Barbara Rainey | November 7, 2022 | 0 Comments

My seminary class this semester is “The Story of Scripture,” a high-level view of the whole Bible. To make it memorable my prof, who also happens to be the president of the seminary, taught us all a rhythmic chant. He’s very musical and would have been a great cheerleader or yell leader in high school […]

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Cultivating Gratitude: Moving From “I Have To” to “I Get To”

By Barbara Rainey | October 31, 2022 | 1 Comment

Two of my grandsons worked during their summers as counselors for Pine Cove Camp in Texas. It’s a great Christian camp with a long history of investing in kids, including inner city kids, and families. One of Pine Cove’s goals every summer is training its leaders to be grateful servants. Not begrudging unhappy servants, but […]

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How to Face Holidays When It’s Hard to be Thankful

By Barbara Rainey | October 24, 2022 | 15 Comments

One spring, years ago now, Dennis and I watched other families experience all the celebratory festivities of a senior’s year in high school: proms, award nights, graduation … But our daughter, a senior that year, had decided she was done with school. At 18, she knew she was not legally bound to us anymore, so […]

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