Small Stuff, Big Stuff, and the Power of Beautiful Belief in Marriage

By Barbara Rainey | October 14, 2024 | 13 Comments

In high school, I discovered watercolor painting. It was love at first practice. I eagerly invested time, lessons, and supplies to become like seasoned watercolorists whose extraordinary works of art I admired. Though I was passionate about this medium, I soon discovered it wasn’t as easy as it looked. Too much or too little water create […]

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Your Home Matters … And So, Dear Woman, You Matter

By Barbara Rainey | September 16, 2024 | 12 Comments

Opening an old journal I found on the shelf, I found these words in my handwriting: “I really wanted to go to the meetings this morning, but here I am being a mother. Mothering doesn’t stop. Their needs don’t stop. Sick kids can’t be delegated. So once again I’m isolated and he, my husband, is not.” I […]

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When You Want to Quit Your Marriage

By Barbara Rainey | August 5, 2024 | 33 Comments

Most of us marry with stars in our eyes and expectations that scrape the Milky Way. But there’s not a spouse on earth who hasn’t experienced harsh unexpected disappointments. Have you entertained the thought of quitting your marriage at some level? Like piles of heavy wet snow on power lines and branches, accumulated hurts and […]

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Questions to Help You Share Your Story

By Barbara Rainey | February 18, 2024 | 0 Comments

  Everyone has a story … a fascinating tale involving adventure, laughter, courage, pain, and romance. You have such a story, and so does your spouse. Sometimes you just need the right questions to help you share your stories, as well as write together the intriguing saga of your shared life in marriage. For example, […]

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This Valentine’s Day, Make Plans for Romance

By Barbara Rainey | February 12, 2024 | 0 Comments

Do you ever wonder how we can feel so fatigued today, despite all our modern conveniences that are supposed to save us time and make life more comfortable? How can we be so busy, so stressed, so fractured? For many, the pace of life presents the biggest deterrent to marital romance. When Dennis and I […]

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