4 Tips for Recovering Oneness in Your Marriage

By Barbara Rainey | February 13, 2023 | 1 Comment

It was a warm, early summer day when Dennis invited me to go to lunch. We’d known each other as friends for three years in college. But we hadn’t seen each other in a year since graduation, so we had a lot to catch up on. One lunch wasn’t nearly long enough. So he invited […]

Read More

Questions to Help You Share Your Story

By Barbara Rainey | February 6, 2023 | 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, […]

Read More

Dear Barbara: How Can I Respond to a Husband Who Isn’t Trusting God as He Should?

By Barbara Rainey | January 30, 2023 | 1 Comment

Dear Barbara: How do I still respect my husband when I feel like his lack of faith negatively affected the plans God has for our family? Don’t get me wrong; my husband is a strong believer. And there’s not a big sin issue. I just feel like he isn’t believing and relying on God in several areas where […]

Read More

50 Lessons from 50 Years of Marriage (Part 4): Committing Our Relationship to God

By Dennis and Barbara Rainey | August 29, 2022 | 1 Comment

This year, with our 50th anniversary approaching, we decided to write down the story of how God brought us together. As we reminisced about those days, we remembered His unmistakable leading. And that conviction gave us a solid footing as we began our marriage. We’ve always known that God put us together, and therefore we’ve […]

Read More

50 Lessons from 50 Years of Marriage (Part 3): Still Learning After All These Years

By Dennis and Barbara Rainey | August 22, 2022 | 1 Comment

As we approach our 50th anniversary, you might think we’re now in cruise control with our marriage. If so, you are mistaken!  We’re still learning … often from our errors … and still growing in our relationship with God and with each other. As a result, we decided to create a book, Our Story, for […]

Read More