by Susan Barnes | 12 Aug 2022 | Book Reviews
I came across, Let the Balloon Go by Ivan Southall, the other day in the library. I read it as a teenager but found it slow and tedious. I thought I would read it again from the perspective of an adult since Southall has won many awards as a children’s author and the...
by Susan Barnes | 26 Jan 2021 | Devotions OT
“And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table; he was lame in both feet.” 2 Samuel 9:13 Previously Mephibosheth lived at Lo Debar, and even the name of the place sounds depressing. It means “no pasture.” It was an empty and barren...
by Susan Barnes | 21 Jan 2021 | Book Reviews
Ellie is a twelve-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. She uses a wheelchair for mobility and loves baking. She manoeuvres her wheelchair around the kitchen to cook biscuits, desserts and pies. Her father separated from her Mum when Ellie was a baby as he struggled to...
