He Is Our Savior

By Barbara Rainey | December 1, 2017 | 0 Comments

In every tragedy there is always a story of a savior. In Las Vegas, in the little Baptist church in Texas, even in tragedies that don’t make the front page, someone steps in to stop the bleeding, to comfort the frightened, to hold someone’s hand, to pray. Often unnamed, these men and women are doing […]

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Making the Holidays Merry

By Barbara Rainey | November 29, 2017 | 7 Comments

How do you focus on creating a magical holiday experience for your children, your family, when your teenaged son or daughter is struggling with identity, acting out their confusion and fears? And you, Mom, are taking the brunt of it. Your parents are getting a divorce, and though you are married with a child of […]

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A Tree-Trimming DIY

By Barbara Rainey | November 17, 2017 | 6 Comments

Create picks for easy-to-use decorating embellishments on your tree, wreath and swags on stair rails or mantle. We’ve found that wrapping it around the tree means some of it gets hidden in the back. So we’d like to show you how using picks of stars lets you fill in open spaces or add the sparkle of the […]

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3 Ways to Use His Eternal Names

By Barbara Rainey | November 16, 2017 | 3 Comments

We hope you will take some time this week to listen to FamilyLife Today as I had a little bit of time to share my heart behind the new ornaments for this year. His Eternal Names, are three gold stars and you can use these star-shaped ornaments, each printed with a name of Jesus, to help […]

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Waiting On Something New

By Barbara Rainey | November 10, 2017 | 7 Comments

For years, I had the same experience as most American women. We take down all our Christmas decorations, box them up, vacuum up the evergreen needles, dust off all the glitter, and then release a long, deep sigh. Our collective sigh expresses two feelings: relief and regret.  Cleanup is good. The clutter is gone. A […]

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