by Susan Barnes | 21 Jan 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 | 25 Jul 2019 | Book Reviews
The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness is a short booklet (46 pages) which deals specifically with the passage in 1 Corinthians 3:21-4:7 about how we are to regard ourselves. Timothy Keller begins by talking about the change in modern thinking that suggests social problems...
by Susan Barnes | 11 Jul 2019 | Book Reviews
I didn’t realise Lies Men Believe, is a companion book to, Lies Women Believe. If I had, I would have read the book about women! Nevertheless, I expect there’s a lot of overlap in many areas, except for the chapter on sex, which I found interesting from a male...
by Susan Barnes | 13 Jun 2019 | Book Reviews
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown is a guide book on living wholeheartedly (so I’m not sure why she called it, The Gifts of Imperfection). Anyway, I enjoyed Brene’s insights, the stories from her life and research, and most of all her honesty. Her writing never...
by Susan Barnes | 30 Jul 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. We do not come into the world with an innate sense of worth and value. Self-esteem is learnt. The world would tell that the things that give us worth and value are things like: Appearance,...