by Susan Barnes | 3 Nov 2022 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
“Tie this around my head,” said my six-year-old grabbing a dirty dishcloth. “If you want to play blind man’s buff,” I replied, “let’s use a clean handkerchief.” It isn’t necessary to use something grubby to prevent someone from seeing, a clean cloth will do perfectly...
by Susan Barnes | 7 Sep 2022 | Women in the Bible
Recently I read the history of the Mercy Ships ministry and was surprised by how often they experienced what seem to be unnecessary delays. The founder, Don Stephens, first dreamt about a ship that would be a floating hospital when he was nineteen. He envisioned a...
by Susan Barnes | 24 Jun 2022 | Book Reviews
Wendy Hayes writes with passion and insightfulness as she encourages women to walk in the freedom Christ has gained for them. In Escape from Egypt, Wendy discusses the many ways the devil prevents women from reaching their potential in God, such as trauma, an...
by Susan Barnes | 12 May 2022 | Book Reviews
I enjoyed Sharon Garlough Brown’s clever approach to her novel, Sensible Shoes : a story about the spiritual journey. This is a fictional story of four women from different backgrounds who meet at a spiritual retreat centre to participate in a twice-monthly Saturday...
by Susan Barnes | 3 May 2022 | Communion Talks
Paul tells us, that God “has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son” (Colossians 1:13 NLT). When we accept Christ as our Lord and Saviour, we become part of God’s kingdom and we learn that things in his kingdom...
by Susan Barnes | 1 May 2022 | Short Devotion
“Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed.” 2 Corinthians 13:7 Paul didn’t feel the need to vindicate himself or prove...
by Susan Barnes | 31 Mar 2022 | Book Reviews
Noni Potter draws on her counselling experiences in her book, Living your Best Life. She writes to encourage people to have a deeper relationship with God. The book begins with some basic truths around the character of God and his desire to connect with his people....
by Susan Barnes | 17 Mar 2022 | Book Reviews
In his book, The Thing Beneath the Thing, Steve Carter looks at why we sometimes overreact to certain people or events and how this may be connected to past hurts. Carter encourages readers to become curious about our overreactions particularly when there are patterns...
