Samantha Barnes

May "Further up and further in!" be the resounding call that constantly presses me deeper into Christ, until I one day meet him face to face.

needy and understood samanthacbarnes.com/2020/05/28/nee…

roots in the storm samanthacbarnes.com/2019/11/26/roo…

when seasons change but life doesn’t samanthacbarnes.com/2019/10/11/whe…

Them: the game is at 3pm on a Monday, we’re not sure how full it will be. Hog fans:

hope seen in an empty room samanthacbarnes.com/2019/04/25/hop…

@kathleenakers @ThaneEconomou @JennyMEvents @grahamakers @realChrisWagner @JaneAustenLIVES @KassieWaggy @realkevinwagner Maybe college Eric should take over for me? 😂

is God’s sovereignty actually good news? samanthacbarnes.com/2019/04/03/is-…

@kacoppola @ChickfilA OMG I had this thought this other day!

I know I also come at this with a bias, but Fayetteville is just the best. “Fayetteville offers a free tree to anyone who cuts down a Bradford pear” shar.es/amlxNl

I love feeling small-town and local—knowing the name of the girl at Little Bread and having her ask about Ridley, chatting it up with our mailman Tom, and the dry cleaners having my pick up ready when I pull up bc they know my name and my car.

“Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.” - Spurgeon

Social media is broad but shallow, meaning you reach a lot of people but your impact on their life is minimal. Local church ministry is the opposite. You impact relatively few people, but the influence you have on their life is profound. It's narrow, but deep. —@DrewDyck

Long but fascinating read that really resonated with the inner tension I felt all growing up (but of course couldn’t put into words) mereorthodoxy.com/why-we-should-…

“The gospel welcomes us and receives us as loved children. The gospel disciplines us and prepares us for eternity as heirs. The gospel speaks truth to us... The gospel shows us that we were born into death and then shows us, by free grace, that we’re adopted for life.” @drmoore

I know most people dread losing an hour of sleep for Daylight Savings Time, but it’s almost a holiday in our household—we’ve been talking for weeks about how great it will be to have that extra hour of daylight in the evening!

@timcasteel I memorized them in KJV as a kid (private school with Baptist curriculum), and any time I reference them I still use phrases like “shalt not make unto thee any graven image” and get confused looks from whoever I am talking to

After I finish reading a novel, I have to remind myself that the characters aren’t real and I am not going to get to catch up with what happens next in their lives.

Catapult | My Hope as a Parent Is Something I Share with My Birth Mother | Michael Wear catapult.co/stories/the-ho…

Jesus says deny yourself; Rachel Hollis says believe in yourself. Jesus says take up your cross daily; Hollis wonders if you’ve got time for that. Jesus says follow me; Hollis says follow yourself—and her. thegspl.co/2IR9zkH