by Susan Barnes | 28 Aug 2023 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
“Why did Grandpa die, Mum?” he asked for about the hundredth time. I took a deep breath. My previous answers hadn’t satisfied him. “Well, … that’s just the way life is.” Despite my desire to answer all of my children’s questions honestly and...
by Susan Barnes | 31 Mar 2023 | Book Reviews
A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 is now quite old, but has been republished several times. Phillip Keller writes about the 23rd Psalm from the perspective of a shepherd. He is well qualified to do this as he grew up in East Africa amongst herdsmen and also owned a sheep...
by Susan Barnes | 1 Dec 2022 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
Children often expect that their Dad can do anything, fix anything that’s broken, solve any problem, meet any need. As children grow they gain a more realistic view of their Dad and realise that mostly there are no magical answers and few quick-fix solutions are...
by Susan Barnes | 19 Apr 2022 | Communion Talks
John describes Jesus’ coming this way, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:14 NIV). Throughout the New Testament, we see that Jesus desires to be with us. When he chose his disciples the first thing recorded is not that they...
by Susan Barnes | 17 Nov 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “I will not,” he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, “I will, sir,” but he did not go. Matthew...
by Susan Barnes | 8 Oct 2019 | Articles
I wrote this article recently for Christian Today. It surprises me that people on the fringe of faith, or totally opposed to faith,often ask me about Noah. Of all the stories in the Bible, why Noah? I suspect it’s because they heard this story as a child and now as...
