11.17.2021 – Innovation – 4 Comments on Steps to Move to a Bitcoin Micro-economy Steps to Move to a Bitcoin Micro-economy In earlier blogs I introduced the idea that those trapped in poverty can be empowered by integrating them into a micr… Read Post
11.10.2021 – Innovation – 3 Comments on How to Transform a Poor Community Using Bitcoin How to Transform a Poor Community Using Bitcoin In my blog last week, I shared the story of El Zonte, El Salvador, a town that decided two years ago to switch it… Read Post
11.02.2021 – Innovation – 19 Comments on How Bitcoin Will Empower Those Trapped in Poverty How Bitcoin Will Empower Those Trapped in Poverty God tells us that we need to care for the poor. He says that true religion is “caring for widows and orphans in their… Read Post
10.07.2021 – Writing Blogs and Books – No Comments on Learning How to Build a Capital Budget Learning How to Build a Capital Budget Capital budgets help you assess the value of discounted future cash flows. If you work in finance, this is a standard… Read Post
09.28.2021 – Fathering & Men’s issues – 14 Comments on How do you make friends with your father? How do you make friends with your father? Navigating a distant relationship with his father, Seth Barnes faces professional and personal challenges, and finds … Read Post
09.23.2021 – Radical Living – 5 Comments on How to Start a Women’s Movement How to Start a Women’s Movement Once women are called into the ministry, they no longer belong to the category of women. They are messengers of the L… Read Post
09.06.2021 – My Life – 7 Comments on The Strangest Meal I’ve Ever Eaten The Strangest Meal I’ve Ever Eaten The villagers were very thankful for our work and that night prepared a meal of their best food. The rice was broken … Read Post
08.24.2021 – My Life – 4 Comments on There Has to Be Something Better Than Middle School There Has to Be Something Better Than Middle School One day in Speech class the teacher gave us the assignment of giving “a speech to sell.” I remember going home and as… Read Post
08.20.2021 – Lordship – 10 Comments on How Should I Respond to a Judgmental Person? How Should I Respond to a Judgmental Person? Maybe many of us have lost our margins and sense of grace. How are you known – what is your reputation? Are you known… Read Post
08.08.2021 – My Life – 11 Comments on My epic journey driving from Virginia to Honduras My epic journey driving from Virginia to Honduras In my book, Kingdom Journeys, I talk about going on my own World Race. I was 22 years old when I started. It took thr… Read Post
07.27.2021 – Comfort & pain – 1 Comment on Young people need the gift of remedial pain Young people need the gift of remedial pain If you are a parent or may one day raise children, what is your philosophy of pain? How much should you allow your ch… Read Post
07.20.2021 – My Life – 12 Comments on Finding My Italian Nanny 58 Years Later Finding My Italian Nanny 58 Years Later When my parents arrived in the little town of Corrubbio just outside of Verona (that story here), they already ha… Read Post
07.14.2021 – My Life – 16 Comments on Finding My Old Home in Italy Finding My Old Home in Italy 13 years after WW2 ended, my mom was a teacher putting my dad through medical school. Then – whoops – she got pre… Read Post
06.29.2021 – Cambodia – 5 Comments on Near Death Experience in the Killing Fields Near Death Experience in the Killing Fields What would you do if you were going to be killed because you were smarter than your peers? Would you lie about yo… Read Post
06.22.2021 – Journeys – 1 Comment on 5 Steps to Becoming a Radical Christ Follower 5 Steps to Becoming a Radical Christ Follower We are forever in process, wrestling to narrow the gap between our ideal self and the self who is stuck checking off … Read Post
06.15.2021 – Justice issues – 10 Comments on The Difference Between Being Woke and Awake The Difference Between Being Woke and Awake I pulled an old box out of my closet. In it were old notes from the last 30 years of ministry. As I looked through th… Read Post
06.08.2021 – Faith & risk – 4 Comments on Floyd McClung R.I.P. – He Showed Us ‘God-Space’ Floyd McClung R.I.P. – He Showed Us ‘God-Space’ Floyd McClung, a disciple of Jesus Christ and a hero to many, moved his residence to heaven a little over a week ag… Read Post
06.04.2021 – Community and Covenant – 11 Comments on Be Loyal to People, Not Organizations Be Loyal to People, Not Organizations Many of us have become deeply cynical about the organizations that fill our world. Here are the headliners: The pres… Read Post
05.26.2021 – Refugees & Crisis – 4 Comments on This Refugee Story Took 41 Years to Tell This Refugee Story Took 41 Years to Tell I had a remarkable conversation with our air conditioner repairman today. I asked him about himself. … Read Post
05.19.2021 – Dreaming – 9 Comments on Lake Atitlan – A Place to Birth New Dreams Lake Atitlan – A Place to Birth New Dreams I came to Lake Atitlan in 1975. I had been depressed for most of my high school years. I didn’t know who I was or… Read Post
05.13.2021 – Missions – 31 Comments on What Does Jesus Teach About Missions? What Does Jesus Teach About Missions? Jesus’ last words to his disciples were to give them a mission. “Go and make disciples of all nations,” he s… Read Post
04.29.2021 – Courage – 10 Comments on I Lost My Courage & Had to Fight to Get it Back I Lost My Courage & Had to Fight to Get it Back Last night on my iphone I accidentally deleted a file called “Courageous Living” a list of eight ways to live courage… Read Post
04.21.2021 – Amazing God Stories – 12 Comments on Witnessing a Miracle as God Heals a Racer Witnessing a Miracle as God Heals a Racer It’s easy to be a skeptic in America. But as Elina Landin reports, seeing is believing. She witnessed God heal he… Read Post
04.14.2021 – Better Living – 6 Comments on The Fruits of Patient Living Can Be Ours The Fruits of Patient Living Can Be Ours Once we were with friends driving to the Deer Lodge restaurant in the North Georgia mountains. I had heard about … Read Post
