by Susan Barnes | 27 Aug 2020 | Book Reviews
After crashing her mother’s car, sixteen-year-old Clare is sent to Kamira Creek to complete her final years of high school. She boards with close friends of her deceased father and through this relationship, Clare learns more about the early death of her father. Clare...
by Susan Barnes | 23 Jul 2020 | Book Reviews
Don Stephens first dreamt of a ship that would be a floating hospital when he was nineteen. He envisioned a ship travelling to the poorest communities in Africa and performing lifesaving surgeries for free to those who couldn’t afford them. Fourteen years later, he...
by Susan Barnes | 11 Jun 2020 | Book Reviews
The Problem of God is an apologetic on Christian faith. Author, Mark Clark grew up in an atheistic home but felt something was missing in his life. When he went searching for answers, he was sceptical about Christian faith. So he was surprised to find that...
by Susan Barnes | 9 Apr 2020 | Book Reviews
I recently reviewed, A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis (click here). Now I’d like to share some quotes. I particularly like the fourth one about the dentist. We don’t hesitate to take ourselves or our children to the dentist, even though we know it will be...
by Susan Barnes | 2 Apr 2020 | Book Reviews
A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis’ account of the grief he experienced when his wife, Joy, died after a four-year marriage. His grief experience seriously challenged his faith, which he didn’t expect. He realised that his faith was largely intellectual. Lewis’ grief...
by Susan Barnes | 19 Dec 2019 | Book Reviews
Rediscovering Scripture’s Vision for Women is a theological book and quite academic, so I didn’t always find it easy to read. Nevertheless, Lucy Peppiatt’s message is clear, a patriarchal world wasn’t God’s intention and a male-dominated hierarchy isn’t as Scriptural...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Mar 2019 | Book Reviews
My Name Is Lucy Doherty is an enjoyable story for older primary school children. An author visits Lucy, and her best friend Lottie’s school, for Book Week. Lucy is impressed by the author and immediately decides to become a writer. The story is a biographical account...
by Susan Barnes | 16 Dec 2015 | Book Reviews
Echoes in the Valley by Meredith Resce is set in Australia during the Great Depression. It is the story of the unlikely relationship between Alex and Grace who have both been hurt in previous relationships and are committed to the single life. Yet dire circumstances...
