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Karen Mains
Karen Mains is a professional writer with 25 published books to her credit. Her first book on Christian hospitality, Open Heart Open Home, has sold more than 650,000 copies, and her work has been awarded several national prizes.
Interests: Christian hospitality, Hungry Souls, Mainstay Ministries, Christian books, Christian writer, Global Bag Project, Christian wives
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Christmas 2013 Gift List for Kids
For kids, Christmas is the happiest day of the year. Colorful Christmas lights twinkle with joy. Santa Claus is everywhere, whispers promise of gifts to kids. Laughter fills the room, may it be big or small. White colored snow dancing in the air, holiday bells can't stop singing. Gift of... Continue reading
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Church Resources for 2013
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Church Resources for 2013
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Church Resources for 2013
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Every so often throughout our decades of ministry,...
Every so often throughout our decades of ministry, someone will slip a folded check into my hand. This happened recently, and I quickly thought, How lovely. Perhaps it is a gift for the women in the Global Bag Project. To read more, click here: http://goo.gl/9LXpL Continue reading
Posted Jun 3, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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In Open Heart, Open Home (over 500,000 copies in...
In Open Heart, Open Home (over 500,000 copies in print) award-winning Karen Mains steps far beyond how-to-entertain you hints to explore the deeper concepts of Christian hospitality-the Biblical way to use your home and an open heart to care for others like God wants us to. Grab Your Copy Now!... Continue reading
Posted Jun 3, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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Comforting One Another uses Michelangelo's Pieta...
Comforting One Another uses Michelangelo's Pieta as a metaphor for learning how to comfort those hurting in life. To read more, click here: http://goo.gl/orjOO Continue reading
Posted May 28, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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Looking out my dining-room window on the barren...
Looking out my dining-room window on the barren March backyard, I saw the string hammock we purchased some 20 years ago, swinging forlornly between the two trees to which it is attached. Through the decades it has gone grey, but today I thought, Oh, I should really get a new... Continue reading
Posted May 28, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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The Divine Offices: A Manual for Prayer by Phyllis...
The Divine Offices: A Manual for Prayer by Phyllis Tickle includes four of the seven Daily Offices: Morning Prayer, Noontime Prayer, Evening Prayer and Compline. To read more, click here: http://goo.gl/HYdD3 Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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My whole trip from Chicago to Modesto, California...
My whole trip from Chicago to Modesto, California only cost $10.50—and that was my ticket for the Bay Area Rapid Transit from San Francisco to the end of the line at Dublin/Pleasanton where I was picked up by my hostess for that night. To read more, click here: http://goo.gl/GGvQJ Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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The e-mail messages for this trip to the Dominican...
The e-mail messages for this trip to the Dominican have been flying in flurries; there is so much to remember and to do. Copies of the film script need to be made in case we misplace our work scripts, and there may be a reason for other people to look... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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Returning home from a trip, David and I made our...
Returning home from a trip, David and I made our way from Terminal Two to United Airlines Baggage Claim in Terminal One. We picked up our suitcases, took the elevator up one floor to the transit line, crossed the bridge, then rode the escalators one floor down and got ourselves... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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The days that I remind myself that I am...
The days that I remind myself that I am collaborating with God in his design for my life and ministry are the days when everything goes smoothly—often breathtakingly so. The days when I just cry “Help! Help!” are not so easy—I kind of bump and stumble and waste time and... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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Our five-year-old granddaughter, Eliana, came...
Our five-year-old granddaughter, Eliana, came rushing out the door of her house when she saw our car drive up her driveway. “Come! Come!” she shouted, running in her stocking feet across the muddy lawn to the backyard of the next door neighbor. She paused when she sensed we weren’t following... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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Due to my travel schedule and the fact that Carla...
Due to my travel schedule and the fact that Carla Boelkens, the Director of the Global Bag Project, volunteers one day a week in the GBP office, neither one of us has had time to appropriately market the beautiful reusable shopping bags the Kenyan women make to earn a living... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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“The pilot will give up his seat and sit in the...
“The pilot will give up his seat and sit in the cockpit on the jump seat. There are now two seats and if you hurry, we can get you on this flight to Portland, Maine.” The gate attendant had figured out a way that David and I could both make... Continue reading
Posted Apr 21, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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I returned from Maine with a cold coming on. Oh,...
I returned from Maine with a cold coming on. Oh, drat! I thought. It seems that the last few months since Christmas have been spent treating and recovering from one minor physical distress after another. But a cold is a cold, so I doctored myself with Airborne®, the “Effervescent Health... Continue reading
Posted Apr 21, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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I’ve been trying to get all my medical exams and...
I’ve been trying to get all my medical exams and tests done in the first few months of this year, and it is an enormous interruption to fit it all in because of my already-full schedule. But since I’ve not had a breast exam or a Pap smear or a... Continue reading
Posted Apr 10, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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Did any of you see the recent movie Argo, directed...
Did any of you see the recent movie Argo, directed by and starring Ben Affleck? It’s about a secret operation to extract six U.S. diplomatic personnel who escaped from the U.S. Embassy at the beginning of the Iran Hostage Crisis. That historical event happened in 1980. Read the complete article... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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Last week, partly because of so much travel, and...
Last week, partly because of so much travel, and partly because of the arthritis that I suspect is beginning to make its home in my body, I just didn’t have the energy to tackle the work that is complaining to me about not getting done. Read more here: http://goo.gl/IU6Jw Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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My faith that God is guiding my journey is tested...
My faith that God is guiding my journey is tested every time I use my standby pass to travel by air. A friend has graciously made this available to me, and we are beginning to total up the amount of monies we are saving as David and I both have... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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At Pathmaker Marketing, LLC we have a whole army...
At Pathmaker Marketing, LLC we have a whole army of designers standing by to help you ensure that all of your Graphic endeavors are something that you can take great pride in, and that will be ever memorable to those who view them! While beauty is in the eye of... Continue reading
Posted Apr 1, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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I took a vow that I would not watch television...
I took a vow that I would not watch television during the 50 days of Lent. Along with this vow, I also promised that I would take the supplements provided by the kinesiologist I chose to see on the high recommendation of a friend. Read more here: http://goo.gl/bDKGd Continue reading
Posted Mar 29, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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I have been on an extraordinary schedule the last...
I have been on an extraordinary schedule the last month—a January trip to visit possible filming sites in the Dominican Republic, a board meeting in California, starting up our missional community at the church, grandchildren visiting, back to the Dominican for a film shoot in February, home to a preaching... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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I took a vow that I would not watch television...
I took a vow that I would not watch television during the 50 days of Lent. Along with this vow, I also promised that I would take the supplements provided by the kinesiologist I chose to see on the high recommendation of a friend. Read more here: http://goo.gl/z7rdL Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2013 at Karen Mains Blog
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