by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
Depression is a dreadful condition, often made worse for those who suffer from it by the high spirits of those who don’t. While reading Psalm 77 recently, I saw just how isolated a depressed person can feel. “My soul refused to be comforted.”...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
Picking people is like picking fruit: you have to know what to look for. If you don’t know how to pick the right people, you may lose more than your money. Some want your money – and know how to get it. They’re slick, and hard to pick. Some...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
Life on an island has its problems, as anyone who has lived on one can tell you. It also has its delights – one of which is a closeness to nature missed by most mainlanders. We lived on a small bay island for almost three years, and look back on our...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) In the minds of many Christians, faith is a solitary word, described as great, small, valuable, or precious. It is abstract, rather than concrete. It is also...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
One hot summer day, some friends of mine were waiting on a jetty for a bay island ferry. The usual group of day-trippers hung over the rails of the jetty, gazing dreamily into the water below. Suddenly a boy looking for something to do turned on a freshwater...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
Many years ago, I knew an elderly newspaper editor whose shock of white hair and gentle nature gave him an almost fairy tale appearance. His newspaper, a country weekly, was composed by hand. Each carefully selected lead letter was set in reverse order, wooden-block...