by Susan Barnes | 4 Sep 2023 | Quoting Other Writers
I read, The Holy Wild, by Mark Buchanan some years ago, and this thought has stayed with me: Faith is trusting the goodness of God. When we doubt God’s goodness or wonder about his apparent silence, we think of the cross. That Jesus would die a cruel death for...
by Susan Barnes | 31 Jul 2023 | Quoting Other Writers
For many years, I read and enjoyed Selwyn Hughes’ devotional books and this quote is from 10th February 2005. It’s as relevant to me today as when he first wrote it. We live with mystery and I, for one, don’t like it! Yet, I have to acknowledge it...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Jun 2023 | Quoting Other Writers
“That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. It’s like learning to drive a car. Initially, it’s difficult because there are so many things...
by Susan Barnes | 14 Apr 2022 | Quoting Other Writers
“The scandal of Christianity has been and always will be the person and work of Christ – that he was God incarnate and that through his death and bodily resurrection he offers the only means of salvation to humankind.” ~ Larry Hart in Truth...
by Susan Barnes | 4 Jan 2022 | Quoting Other Writers
Generally speaking, Peterson has a Christian worldview and promotes Christian values and principles, but I wouldn’t consider him to be a Christian because he doesn’t appear to have a personal relationship with God. He studies the Bible for information, not revelation....
by Susan Barnes | 21 Dec 2021 | Quoting Other Writers
Rule 12 / Pat a cat when you encounter one on the street Peterson encourages his reader to look for moments of joy amongst the difficulties of life, such as patting a cat. He relates the story of his daughter’s painful struggle with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. She...
by Susan Barnes | 14 Dec 2021 | Quoting Other Writers
Rule 11 / Do not bother children when they are skateboarding This is the longest chapter and heaviest going. It begins innocuously with Peterson discussing teenage boys skateboarding. These boys take what many consider unnecessary risks to their personal safety. But...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Nov 2021 | Quoting Other Writers
Rule 10 / Be precise in your speech In this chapter Peterson uses the children’s story, There’s no such thing as a dragon by Jack Kent to make his point. In this story, Billy Bixbee finds a small dragon in his bedroom but when he tells his mother, she insists, there’s...
