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...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
N THE SHOCK OF YOUR LOSS AND SORROW, YOU VOW THAT LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN “I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” (Genesis 37:33-35) YOU FOCUS ON WHAT’S LEFT IN LIFE, SO YOU CAN SIMPLY SURVIVE Jacob’s...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
Strange, the people you meet at the rubbish dump. It seems that most people go there sooner or later. Not that the dump is a place you would pick for a reunion. Its smelly fascination is best left to the scroungers who pick over the community’s unwanted...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
When it comes to Scripture, there’s not much worse than half a verse. Recently someone told me that he’d applied for a job that he was really right for, and had believed that it was the Lord’s will for him to have it. Full of faith, he waited for the...