Seth Barnes

The Hidden Cost of Playing it Safe

Years ago, I found myself in a one-room adobe house in El Derramadero, Mexico. A woman named Eva stood before me, holding her four-year-old son, Fidel. He had a tumor, failing kidneys, bedsores, a too-large head on a frail frame. His eyes barely held...

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The Hidden Cost of Playing it Safe The Hidden Cost of Playing it Safe

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Parents - Your Kids Need You to Trust Them More Parents - Your Kids Need You to Trust Them More

Last night I was on a Zoom call with some young adults who I got to know four years ago. We began the call catching up with one another. The first guy shared how he's been learning some things. He said, "It's been hard sometimes, but I...

Seth Barnes

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Faith Across Borders: A Mission to the Schools of Isernia Faith Across Borders: A Mission to the Schools of Isernia

Next week, twenty-seven students and four leaders will scatter across the Atlantic, carrying stories of hope to a land rich in history but weary in spirit. Their destination is Isernia, a quiet mountain town in central Italy, where centuries of tradi...

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Helping Gen Z Find Their Greatness Helping Gen Z Find Their Greatness

We are witnessing a silent crisis in slow motion — a generation brimming with potential, quietly unraveling. More Gen Z young adults are dying by suicide than any generation before them. In some states, the rates have soared more than 60% over the...

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This morning, playing pickleball, I hit the ball into the net. "Barnes! What are you doing?!" I exclaimed. The stuff going on in my head was out there for everyone to hear. My partner wasn't doing much better, "Get your feet right!&...

Seth Barnes

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