Anticipating Easter: Tune Your Hearts to Worship

By Barbara Rainey | March 13, 2023 | 1 Comment

To celebrate well, we must plan to celebrate. Weddings, birthday parties, graduations; baby or building dedications, grand openings, awards ceremonies; all require weeks or months of planning. We brainstorm, research, make reservations, recruit friends to help or hire event planners. Easter is next month! Would you be willing to do some planning to make your […]

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Anticipating Easter: 14 Ideas to Make Easter Memorable

By Barbara Rainey | March 6, 2023 | 0 Comments

Easter is the holiday that sneaks up on us and finds us unprepared.  Why does it happen every year? Here are a few reasons that might help put it all in perspective. While Christmas has nearly six months of anticipation–decorative and gift items start appearing in stores in late summer—Easter gets little advance marketing support […]

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Savor the Savior This Week

By Barbara Rainey | December 26, 2022 | 1 Comment

Stop for a minute. Yes, Christmas Day is now over, but don’t hurry to box up the ornaments and purge the regalia from your home!  Recently on December 26 a national morning show featured an “expert” happily talking about packing away decorations and properly disposing of your Christmas tree. “It’s time to move on” was the […]

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Jesus Is the Word

By Barbara Rainey | December 23, 2022 | 0 Comments

“In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.”    John 1:1-2 When you speak, what happens to your words after they leave your lips? It’s easy to think they vanish as soon as they are spoken, right? Words can’t […]

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Jesus Is the Son of God

By Barbara Rainey | December 22, 2022 | 0 Comments

And when Jesus was baptized, immediately He went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on Him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my belovedSon,with who I am well pleased.”   Matthew […]

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