Seth Barnes

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My First Mother’s Day Without Mom

This is the first Mother’s Day I can’t call her.My mom, Jean Barnes, died last June. She was 91. Dementia slowly took pieces of her, but it never took her spirit. She stayed scrappy to the end, which is exactly how she lived every chapter of her ...

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May 10, 2026 2:08 PM 6 min read

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My Life

My First Mother’s Day Without Mom My First Mother’s Day Without Mom

sethbarnes

May 10, 2026 2:08 PM 6 min read

The Gen Z Reframe

We Took Away the Phones. But We Forgot to Give Them Back Their Childhood. We Took Away the Phones. But We Forgot to Give Them Back Their Childhood.

Something remarkable has happened in the last couple of years. Parents started pushing back. Schools banned phones. Legislators started passing real laws. Jonathan Haidt wrote a book that gave millions of families the language and the courage to say ...

sethbarnes

May 4, 2026 6:57 PM 7 min read

Missions , The Gen Z Reframe

Your Kids Were Made for a Broken World Your Kids Were Made for a Broken World

We get the emails and texts from parents every week. They read the headlines and they worry. War in the Middle East. Political chaos at home. Economic uncertainty everywhere you look. And then their 19-year-old tells them she wants to spend a ye...

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The Conversation Gen Z Is Hoping to Have The Conversation Gen Z Is Hoping to Have

The Conversation Gen Z Is Hoping to HaveAnd why it might be the one that changes everything.There is a moment that happens in almost every family, and most of us have lived both sides of it.A parent notices something in their young adult kid. A patte...

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What If the God You're Not Sure Exists Can't Stop Thinking About You What If the God You're Not Sure Exists Can't Stop Thinking About You

I have spent over thirty years watching young people wrestle with this question. Not the polished Sunday school version of it. The real one. The one that shows up at 2am when the room is quiet and the highlight reel of everyone else's life has finall...

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My First Mother’s Day Without Mom

Recent stories

We Took Away the Phones. But We Forgot to Give Them Back Their Childhood.

Your Kids Were Made for a Broken World

The Conversation Gen Z Is Hoping to Have

What If the God You're Not Sure Exists Can't Stop Thinking About You

Five Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Graduate Actually Launch

Why the Best School for Your 19-Year-Old Might Not Be a School at All

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My First Mother’s Day Without Mom My First Mother’s Day Without Mom

We Took Away the Phones. But We Forgot to Give Them Back Their Childhood. We Took Away the Phones. But We Forgot to Give Them Back Their Childhood.

Your Kids Were Made for a Broken World Your Kids Were Made for a Broken World

The Conversation Gen Z Is Hoping to Have The Conversation Gen Z Is Hoping to Have

What If the God You're Not Sure Exists Can't Stop Thinking About You What If the God You're Not Sure Exists Can't Stop Thinking About You

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