Letters to My Daughters

A couple’s differences can either bring them together or pull them apart. Barbara Rainey, author of the book “Letters to My Daughters,” explains how a series of letters to her daughters-in-law and newly married daughter evolved into a book on marriage. Barbara recalls her early years as Dennis’s bride and her first year as a mom, which tested her faith and drove her to lean on God even more.

Surviving the Seasons of Intimacy

with Barbara Rainey
February 7, 2017
Barbara Rainey talks honestly about the benefits and challenges of sex through the various seasons of marriage. Rainey encourages wives to make sexual intimacy a high priority throughout their marriages. View Show Notes →

Keys to a Healthy Marriage

with Barbara Rainey
February 6, 2017
Barbara Rainey reminds her daughters and others that marriage is a marathon, and getting to know your husband as a man is a lifetime pursuit. View Show Notes →

Praising the Positive

with Barbara Rainey
April 28, 2016
Barbara Rainey talks about the high and noble calling of being a wife. Barbara acknowledges that while marriage is sweet, it's not easy, especially when dealing with differences. View Show Notes →

Building Up Your Man

with Barbara Rainey
April 27, 2016
What are you more focused on? Your husband's faults or his virtues? Barbara Rainey, creator of Ever Thine Home®, talks to wives about being their husband's biggest supporter. View Show Notes →

Facing the Storms

with Barbara Rainey
April 11, 2016
Barbara Rainey talks about walking through the storms of life. Barbara recalls one of their hardest seasons of life, and tells how they continued to believe in God's sovereignty through it all. View Show Notes →

Being His Helper

with Barbara Rainey
February 17, 2016
Barbara Rainey reminds women that being a helper to your husband involves more than just cooking and cleaning; it involves helping a husband become all God intends him to be. View Show Notes →

Leaning on God

with Barbara Rainey
February 16, 2016
Barbara Rainey recalls her early years as Dennis's bride and her first year as a mom, which tested her faith and drove her to lean on God even more. View Show Notes →

Embracing the Differences

with Barbara Rainey
February 15, 2016
Barbara Rainey, author of the book "Letters to My Daughters," explains how a series of letters to her daughters-in-law and newly married daughter evolved into a book on marriage. View Show Notes →

Meet Series Guests

Barbara Rainey

After graduating from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, Barbara joined the staff of Cru® in 1971. With her husband Dennis, whom she married in 1972, the Rainey’s cofounded FamilyLife®, a ministry committed to helping marriages and families survive and thrive in our generation.

Barbara is a frequent speaker and guest on FamilyLife Today®, FamilyLife’s award-winning nationally-syndicated daily radio broadcast. She is the author or coauthor of more than 35 books, including Moments Together for Couples and Moments With You marriage devotionals; Growing Together, a series of books for families; A Symphony in the Dark; and her most recent, Letters to My Daughters: The Art of Being a Wife.

After faithfully served alongside Dennis, both in ministry and at home, Barbara launched a new endeavor called Ever Thine Home®. This line of home décor with interactive content helps families express faith at home in a way that is both biblical and beautiful. Her heart for Ever Thine Home is based on the familiar Old Testament instruction:
“And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” (Deuteronomy 6:6-9, ESV)
Dennis and Barbara live near Little Rock, Arkansas and continue to serve with Cru, FamilyLife’s parent organization. They have six children and an impressive number of grandchildren.