01.24.2012 – Poverty – 21 Comments on Too fast for needy people Too fast for needy people I awoke from a dream at 3:30 a.m. In the dream I was flying in a small plane. We were descending rapidly to a grass… Read Post
01.23.2012 – Community and Covenant – 4 Comments on Powerful connections Powerful connections While the average person has 150 acquaintances and 130 Facebook friends, they have just two close friends. Accordi… Read Post
01.20.2012 – Living Free – 4 Comments on Words have power Words have power Words have power. God spoke the world into being. We speak and things happen. Wars start. Life happens. Say the wo… Read Post
01.19.2012 – Finding your call – 8 Comments on The terrifying call of God The terrifying call of God In 2004 I ran across Kari Miller. A teacher in Minnesota, she had sponsored a Ugandan child through World Vision. And… Read Post
01.18.2012 – Missions – 8 Comments on Differences between short and long-term teams Differences between short and long-term teams I love discipleship. And that’s why I love short-term mission (STM) teams. Nothing helps mold a young disciple like a… Read Post
01.17.2012 – Missions – 6 Comments on My 5 mistakes sending missionaries My 5 mistakes sending missionaries For 24 years I’ve been sending people on short-term missions (STMs) that challenge them to live the kind of life God … Read Post
01.16.2012 – Blog Community – 32 Comments on What book should I write? What book should I write? Now that I’m done writing the book Kingdom Journeys, it’s time for another writing project. The good news is that … Read Post
01.14.2012 – My Life – 12 Comments on An atheist, an agnostic, a seeker & me An atheist, an agnostic, a seeker & me Yesterday on the Delta flight from Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta as we waited to taxi, the flight attendant wanted to kn… Read Post
01.13.2012 – Better Living – 5 Comments on Living an exhilarating life Living an exhilarating life It’s a week of endings and beginnings. It started by ending the World Race for 100 racers. And we ended the week toda… Read Post
01.11.2012 – Amazing God Stories – 6 Comments on Hope that amazes the hopeless Hope that amazes the hopeless Stephanie May saw God bring hope the most hopeless place in the world in India. Ironically, it’s called the Home of H… Read Post
01.09.2012 – 42nd Generation – 7 Comments on Opportunities to change the world Opportunities to change the world One hundred racers just returned from spending a year around the world. We’re together here in Gainesville for a week… Read Post
01.06.2012 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 6 Comments on What do you do with your brokenness? What do you do with your brokenness? One of the great struggles we all face is to come to the place where we can recognize our brokenness and be OK with i… Read Post
01.05.2012 – 42nd Generation – 16 Comments on What I’ll say to our racers What I’ll say to our racers Tomorrow night Karen and I are going to throw a party that we’ve been planning for almost a year. We’ve been coaches … Read Post
01.04.2012 – Kingdom Reality – 5 Comments on The Purpose-Driven Death The Purpose-Driven Death I had coffee with Steve Moore, Director of Missions Exchange, yesterday morning. We talked for about half an hour and… Read Post
01.03.2012 – Kingdom Reality – 6 Comments on Where are you anchored? Where are you anchored? A lot of pundits are saying that 2012 is a pivotal year. Around the world there is plenty to get you worrying. I find… Read Post
01.02.2012 – Amazing God Stories – 8 Comments on Watching God heal Watching God heal As we enter 2012, isn’t it time we recharged our faith? We know we serve a powerful God, but maybe we haven’… Read Post
12.31.2011 – A broken world – 3 Comments on Interpreting a nightmare Interpreting a nightmare Shannon Morgan (a WR alumnus) had a dream last year that she felt like God gave her. She wrote me about it. It spoke … Read Post
12.30.2011 – Better Living – 2 Comments on How to make 2012 the best year ever How to make 2012 the best year ever With 2012 just around the corner, what changes can you make to your life that will boost the fruit you realize? A … Read Post
12.29.2011 – Identity issues – 3 Comments on Don’t trust your boss with your identity Don’t trust your boss with your identity Who can you ever really trust with your identity? Who sees who you really are? My answer: Not many people and most… Read Post
12.28.2011 – Dreaming – 6 Comments on Dying with regrets Dying with regrets We were talking about a neighbor who died this past year. Two days before dying, she confessed to a friend, “I’m a… Read Post
12.27.2011 – Discipling – 4 Comments on We need pain to grow We need pain to grow The space between Christmas and New Years is a good time to take stock. It’s a good time to think about how you want … Read Post
12.26.2011 – My Life – 1 Comment on Barnes Christmas 2011 Barnes Christmas 2011 We had a house-full here in Gainesville. Our neighbors from Florida, the Shiraz family. Karen’s parents. And then for… Read Post
12.24.2011 – Community and Covenant – 6 Comments on Loving broken people Loving broken people Christmas, for all of its glory, can be hard on you sometimes. People who love each other but who have lived apart fr… Read Post
12.22.2011 – Better Living – 6 Comments on Christmas & your dysfunctional family Christmas & your dysfunctional family Growing up, Christmas was sometimes a mixed blessing. No one wanted conflict, so we all would be on our best behavior… Read Post
