by Susan Barnes | 6 Mar 2023 | Short Devotion
“Teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live … Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the...
by Susan Barnes | 28 Nov 2022 | Short Devotion
“A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.” 1 Timothy 2:11 Often our focus is on the next verse, “I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man.” In doing so, we miss how countercultural it was for Paul to say “women should learn.”...
by Susan Barnes | 10 Feb 2022 | Book Reviews
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty continues her trend of writing well thought out plots, with unexpected twists and turns as well as relatable characters. Like many of her stories, Moriarty begins in the present but flashes back to the past which eventually explains...