by Susan Barnes | 21 Jul 2020 | Guest blogs
Travis Barnes lives in central Victoria with his wife and two daughters. He is an associate minister with the Churches of Christ denomination. Travis loves to help people find their God-given calling and encourage people to walk with Jesus into the unique adventure he...
by Susan Barnes | 21 Jun 2020 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath … We have this hope as an anchor for the soul.”...
by Susan Barnes | 14 Jun 2020 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent...
by Susan Barnes | 14 Apr 2020 | Guest blogs
Travis Barnes lives in central Victoria with his wife and two daughters. He is an associate minister with the Churches of Christ denomination. Travis loves to help people find their God-given calling and encourage people to walk with Jesus into the unique adventure he...
by Susan Barnes | 24 Mar 2020 | Articles
I wrote an article for Press Service International called, How can we feel safe? I wrote it in the aftermath of the Australian bushfires. Though the context has now changed and our world is focussed on the Coronavirus, it’s still true that we live in a dangerous...
by Susan Barnes | 15 Oct 2019 | Articles
A snippet from an article I wrote recently for Christian Today. In the last few months, I have read two books discussing the social history of Australia over the last 50 years or so. Two things surprised me, how much has changed, and how little has changed. In one of...
by Susan Barnes | 22 Aug 2019 | Book Reviews
Unshakable hope contains about a dozen promises of God that are particularly meaningful to the author, Max Lucado. He uses illustrations from history and personal anecdotes to expand each promise. I must confess to being a little disappointed with the book, especially...
by Susan Barnes | 24 Oct 2017 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’” Ezekiel 37:2-3 Yes! God can breathe life into dry bones. Yes! God can...