Rachel Hauck - Emmanuel, God With Us

Emanuel, God with us.

Rachel HauckChristmas, Joy Leave a Comment

All is bright Christmas night with only seventeen minutes remaining of day. My heart is full. Joy is evident. I’m in Tennessee with my husband and my family, and beyond the window, the night is thick with a cool rain. Growing up, I hated the end of Christmas. No more glorious music. No more Christmas specials or holiday movies. Soon …

Lull Between Thanksgiving and Christmas

Rachel HauckBlack Friday, holidays, Joy, sales 2 Comments

It’s the lull week between Thanksgiving and Christmas. How are y’all doing? Can you believe K-Mart and Wal-Mart had Black Thursday sales? I’m grieved that we nearly have no true holidays in American anymore. Stores are open seven days a week, sixteen hours a day if not twenty-four. For what? Stuff. I saw a man first in line outside a …

Happy 19th Anniversary to my Hubby!

Rachel Hauckanniversary, God is good, Joy, Love, march 21, marriage, peace 11 Comments

Hubby and I married 19 years ago today after four years of friendship-oddship. When we met, we were 27. Ready to settle down, tired of the Christian AND non Christian dating scene. I travelled around the country and world training newspaper editors and reporters, and classified advertising reps how to use my company’s computers for daily production. He was the …