by Barbara Lardinais | August 25, 2023 | Article
“…you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go” John 21:18. Mention the apostle Peter and what springs to mind? Boasting? Rash tongued? Lopping off ears? Denying Christ? He’s usually noted as the...
by Barbara Lardinais | August 16, 2023 | Article
“And Mary said, ‘Behold, the bond-slave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word'” Luke 1:38. I’ve never identified too much with Mary, the mother of Jesus. I’m nothing like her really. My heroes tend to be feisty...
by Barbara Lardinais | August 2, 2023 | Article
Joseph’s story in Genesis is gripping and dramatic. It has all the elements of a riveting soap opera or a page turning novel. The difference of course, is that it actually happened. It’s a true story, and that makes it eminently fascinating. Joseph is a hero worthy of...
by Barbara Lardinais | July 19, 2023 | Article
Drafted for War We are in a great battle. None of us wants to be drafted into this lifelong war but it doesn’t matter because we were born “drafted in.” We have moments of furlough and we have moments of sweet victory but then we get new marching...
by Barbara Lardinais | July 5, 2023 | Article
You may know you need to incorporate fasting into your Christian walk but you are like a swimmer standing at the edge of a pool. You stuck your toe in the water and it felt mighty cold. So you are just hovering there, trying to get the nerve to take the plunge. Well,...
by Barbara Lardinais | June 21, 2023 | Article
Who can doubt how powerful music is? For both good and bad, music affects and influences us at very deep levels. Music sets the mood and so often molds our emotional state. Whenever I hear the 1812 Overture played at a Fourth of July celebration just as the fireworks...