by Susan Barnes | 5 Sep 2025 | Book Reviews>Recent Reads
Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist is written as a series of essays, which don’t necessarily flow neatly in chronological order. Rather, the essays are a series of snapshots of her life over some time, where she came to a deeper understanding of herself and her...
by Susan Barnes | 1 Aug 2025 | Book Reviews>Recent Reads
Through her book, The Ministry of Women in the New Testament : Reclaiming the Biblical Vision for Church Leadership, theologian Dorothy Lee makes it clear that she believes women should have a greater role in our churches than they are currently experiencing. Lee...
by Susan Barnes | 15 Jul 2025 | Articles
A few years after I became a Christian, I started attending a church where the pastor would often say, “God wants to bless us more than we want to be blessed.” My mind told me that this couldn’t possibly be true. After all, who doesn’t want to be blessed? Yet...
by Susan Barnes | 29 May 2025 | Book Reviews
Social psychologist, Hugh Mackay addresses a wide range of topics in his book, The Way We Are. In Mackay’s initial chapter, called The Context, he draws attention to seven trends that have given people more ways to connect but have created more loneliness. He refers...
by Susan Barnes | 8 May 2025 | Book Reviews>Recent Reads
Sharon Hodde Miller does a great job of explaining how little real control we have over much of our lives in her book, The Cost of Control. We can’t control the weather, the financial climate, our health or other people’s decisions. In the first part of the book,...
by Susan Barnes | 6 Mar 2025 | Book Reviews
Tell me more is twelve essays, each focussed on a common word, phrase or idea. The essays are titled: It’s like this; Tell me more; I don’t know; I know; No; Yes; I was wrong; Good enough; I love you; No words at all; Onward; This is it. Author, Kelly Corrigan, writes...
by Susan Barnes | 13 Feb 2025 | Book Reviews>Recent Reads
Practicing the way by John Mark Comer is a comprehensive look at discipleship where Comer shares much valuable information. We’ve probably heard the expression, “following Jesus”, but what does this look like in practical terms? Comer believes it means the same three...
by Susan Barnes | 25 Nov 2024 | Book Reviews
Nonfiction Alchemy is an overview of how to become a published author of a nonfiction book. Author Jordan Ring covers the whole process from idea to published book to marketing. Ring believes everyone has a book in them because everyone’s life story is unique and...
