by Susan Barnes | 2 Nov 2023 | Short Devotion
“Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands...
by Susan Barnes | 25 Sep 2023 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
“I can explain everything,” said my teenager the night after an impromptu party. Surveying the kitchen—the broken glass, empty chip packets, the half-eaten cake and the muddy footprints—I doubted that they would be able to explain any of the mess in a way...
by Susan Barnes | 2 Jun 2022 | Book Reviews>Life Changing Books
Garden City : work, rest and the art of being human by John Mark Comer discusses work and rest from a biblical perspective. Comer writes in a slightly humourous manner where he includes little asides to the reader. So while much of the material in the early part of...
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 | 21 Apr 2020 | Articles
A snippet from an article I wrote recently for Christian Today:I grew up in a household where my parents were always keen to take photos on holidays and at family events. I remember my mother had a Box Brownie camera and she took photos of the TV when Neil Armstrong...
by Susan Barnes | 26 Mar 2018 | Quoting Other Writers
I love this story of what a little girl learnt in Sunday School, based on Genesis 5:24 “Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.”: “We heard about a man named Enoch. He used to go on long walks with God. One day they walked so...