How I Came Face-to-Face With A Sex Trafficker

by rachelrains // October 31, 2014 // 6 Comments

  Earlier this week, I relayed the story of how God prompted me to attend the National Summit for Ending Sexual Exploitation in DC last May. What I didn’t mention in that post, I hope will forever change your view... Continue reading →

Twenty-Nine Questions

by rachelrains // October 30, 2014 // No Comments

  Is it… messy? Yes! ugly? Yes! uncomfortable to talk about? Yes! a real problem growing at an increasingly, alarming rate? Yes! destroying lives? Yes! becoming normalized and trivialized in our society? Yes! stealing our children’s innocence? Yes! ‘taboo’ to... Continue reading →

A Dear Abby Response

by rachelrains // October 29, 2014 // No Comments

  Did you ever as a kid want to write to Dear Abby!? Did you ever just want to give her a piece of your mind!? Well… recently, I did just that! Here is my response to her encouraging a... Continue reading →

Five Things I Want The Christian Woman To Know…

by rachelrains // October 28, 2014 // No Comments

As mentioned in my introductory post, this blog is the partial answer to an earnest prayer one wintry morning of 2013. Likewise,  I began praying in January 2014 ‘God, give me a ministry effort to be involved in…’ Folks, be... Continue reading →

Do You Believe an Atheist Can Be a Moral Person?

by rachelrains // September 30, 2014 // 4 Comments

{photo:  creationswap.com} Do you believe an ATHEIST can be a MORAL person? I do! I believe the potential for good lives in ALL of us. That is the beauty of our creation! Within each and every one of us is... Continue reading →

If I Could Talk Someone Off a Ledge…

by rachelrains // September 10, 2014 // 4 Comments

I do not believe people who commit suicide are selfish. But I believe suicide is a selfish act. Suicide says “My pain is more important than the pain I’m about to inflict.” I believe most people who commit suicide are... Continue reading →

My Life in Hymns

by rachelrains // September 3, 2014 // No Comments

Music educators and church musicians go back in my family about six or seven generations. I could astound you with my ability to describe in great detail the foot pedals of a piano and organ. Further, I could amaze you... Continue reading →

Mean Girls: How to DEAL With Them and How They Never Really Go Away

by rachelrains // August 8, 2014 // 2 Comments

Ever since my daughter was about nine-or-ten-years-old, I’ve been attempting to explain to her the phenomena of mean girls; how to deal with them, and further how they never, ever really go away. After all, I still had MEAN GIRLS... Continue reading →

A Meaningful Journey

by rachelrains // August 1, 2014 // No Comments

For quite some time now, I have had the very distinct feeling that something new was on the horizon for me. I could just ‘sense’ it! God was dealing with me and preparing me for something as He had before.... Continue reading →