Author: Barbara Greenhow

I am a woman in my nineties who has been a believer for almost seventy-five years. My purpose in writing is twofold. I am still working out many issues about what it means to be “in Christ’, and I find that writing things down somehow helps me clarify my thoughts. The other reason I write is to share some of my insights with others who may have the same questions. In sharing ideas and experiences, I think we help each other grow. I am definitely still learning. I am a conservative Christian, but I try to live under Grace rather than Law. I believe that we need to study Scripture vigilantly, because it is one of the two guides we have to the will of God for us. The other is the Person of Jesus Christ, and He is to be our example and mentor as we sojourn here on Earth. With these as our teachers, I believe we can come to live lives which glorify God and effectively share His Good News of redemption and forgiveness.

Emptying the Jug

What is the role of the Christian in this world?  We are to be representatives of Christ; signposts to point others to Him.  God has offered us forgiveness, and the promise to change us; to heal our wounds, and to…

God: Our Refuge and Strength

I have to admit I am distressed as I read the daily reports of increased fires, floods, earthquakes, long extinct volcanoes coming to life, and the toxicity of our air quality.  Along with these natural disasters is the instability of…

Submission

“I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait; bearing with us in love and patience until we are able honestly to pray…

A Servant’s Heart

Some time ago I had a conversation with a professed Christian woman who had gone through a difficult divorce, and was struggling to understand what went wrong.  She posed some interesting questions: “How do we serve others constantly without becoming…