by Susan Barnes | 4 Dec 2023 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
“They haven’t replied.” The mother sighed as she looked at her phone. We ache over a fractured relationship with our child, regardless if they’re a teenager or middle-aged. Resolving conflict is never easy especially if our children choose to reject our values and...
by Susan Barnes | 22 Mar 2022 | Communion Talks
I wrote an article for a Christian website which was a series of testimonies from people who had become Christians as middle-aged adults. I called the article, The many ways Jesus finds us. However, somewhere in the editing/publishing process, the title was changed...
by Susan Barnes | 13 Jul 2021 | Devotions
“This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, ‘You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.’” Luke 12:18-19I recently heard the...
by Susan Barnes | 14 Mar 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. Luke 24:45 So often during Jesus’ earthly ministry, he taught his disciples about his impending death and resurrection, but...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Mar 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. The women … saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. Luke 23:55-56 There’s a significant amount of spices and perfumes connected with the death and...
by Susan Barnes | 28 Feb 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves … I am among you as one who serves.” Luke 22:26-27 True greatness...
by Susan Barnes | 21 Feb 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live...
by Susan Barnes | 14 Feb 2021 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Tell me: John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin?” They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven’ … “But if we say, ‘Of human origin’…” Luke...
