by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
The first nine chapters of First Chronicles are a pretty good cure for insomnia. All scripture is inspired, but page after page of the genealogy of ancient Israel doesn’t seem all that inspiring – until chapter four, where the reader’s eyes rest...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
In 1867 Christopher Sholes invented the first popular typewriter, and sold the manufacturing rights to Remington & Sons, New York Gunsmiths. Marketed by Remington in 1876, the typewriter was soon popular: Mark Twain becoming the first author to have a manuscript...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
The Bayeux Tapestry (kept in Bayeux Cathedral, France), is a 12th Century, 70m long, embroidered linen record of the Norman conquest of Britain. Among the many scenes depicted on the 50cm wide tapestry is one captioned: “Bishop Odo comforteth his men”. The...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
The backpacker looked around as the drone of a heavy truck replaced the buzz of bush flies. Stepping back to the side of the dirt road, he raised his thumb. With a squeal of worn brakes and a cloud of dust, the truck rolled to a stop, its motor roaring. A...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
Never underestimate the power of a preconceived idea. What is a preconceived idea? It’s an opinion formed without facts – an opinion that closes a person’s mind as effectively as the door of a prison cell; a mental Alcatraz. Many people are...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
“No man is an island” wrote the poet, John Donne. Isolation may beckon, at times, but we do well to ignore it. Worn by strife, even the valiant David wished for the wings of a dove and a hidingplace in the wilderness. Ever felt like that? Ever wanted to...