07.25.2011 – Dreaming – 14 Comments on Your Dream Is Trying to Kill You Your Dream Is Trying to Kill You Joe Bunting is a writer who is pursued by a dream that wants to kill him. I asked him to guest post about that. I … Read Post
07.23.2011 – A broken world – 6 Comments on Evil men hurting children Evil men hurting children Some weeks you encounter such evil in the world that you shake your head. Last night I got a call from one of our min… Read Post
07.21.2011 – Culture and Faith – 4 Comments on Epoch ’11: Celebrating innovations in missions Epoch ’11: Celebrating innovations in missions The world of missions has turned upside down in the last 30 years. The creativity, energy, and passion of a new gener… Read Post
07.21.2011 – Better Living – 9 Comments on Finding the right pace for your life Finding the right pace for your life Summers mean a change of pace around the Barnes home. We do things slower. I came home from work yesterday and Karen,… Read Post
07.20.2011 – Mobilization – 5 Comments on Mobilization ministry Mobilization ministry Heather is going with five other young women to Cambodia to minister to bar girls caught up in the sex trade. She’s a… Read Post
07.19.2011 – Kingdom Dreams – 7 Comments on Interested in media ministry? Interested in media ministry? Invisible Children showed how powerful media can be in casting a vision for the world’s need. Their film and ministry… Read Post
07.17.2011 – Listening prayer – 7 Comments on Listen like your life depends on it Listen like your life depends on it God will speak to you if you’ll listen. Four years ago, a young man in California I’d never met named Joe Bunting rea… Read Post
07.16.2011 – Cambodia – 3 Comments on God shows up in the killing fields God shows up in the killing fields Renee Padgett, a racer from my son’s team wrote me this morning in response to my post about the Cambodia… Read Post
07.15.2011 – A broken world – 6 Comments on How do you respond to a holocaust? How do you respond to a holocaust? Yesterday I blogged about a film where “Brother Number Two” – the man responsible for the deaths of two million of hi… Read Post
07.14.2011 – Cambodia – No Comments on The killers of Cambodia talk The killers of Cambodia talk The Khmer Rouge killed two million people. And then the killers melted into the Cambodian countryside, never brought … Read Post
07.13.2011 – A broken world – 8 Comments on 65 Year-old orphan 65 Year-old orphan Our World Race squad has seen so much. But the story I’m sharing today may have been the hardest thing any of them … Read Post
07.12.2011 – Discipling – 12 Comments on Not knowing what you don’t know Not knowing what you don’t know She was wrong for him. She was needy and would not fuel his dreams. I wasn’t the only one who could see the disaster … Read Post
07.11.2011 – World Race – 5 Comments on The experience of a lifetime The experience of a lifetime Next month, Karen and I will head to Cambodia for our final debrief as World Race coaches. We’ve grown fond of our gr… Read Post
07.09.2011 – A broken world – 12 Comments on Losing your job Losing your job The times that I’ve lost my job have been traumatic. When I was 24, my boss told me they didn’t need me. Unemployment… Read Post
07.08.2011 – Radical Living – 4 Comments on Give your life to something significant Give your life to something significant I see two models of living. The first is, for yourself – to satisfy your own desires. The second is to give y… Read Post
07.07.2011 – Poverty – 8 Comments on God loves the poor – so should we God loves the poor – so should we “Share your food with the hungry and provide the poor wanderer with shelter – when you see the naked, to clothe h… Read Post
07.06.2011 – Listening prayer – 7 Comments on Listening prayer groups start 7/18 – sign up! Listening prayer groups start 7/18 – sign up! Periodically we start virtual small groups for those who want to grow in their ability to hear the Lord’s voice. We’r… Read Post
07.05.2011 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 7 Comments on Stepping stone relationships Stepping stone relationships I was down in south Florida in the car with old friends this weekend. We were talking about relationships and we real… Read Post
07.04.2011 – Living Free – 3 Comments on July 4 – are we losing our independence? July 4 – are we losing our independence? We’re celebrating independence today, but are we really free? In a number of ways we’re less free as a nation than we… Read Post
07.02.2011 – Poverty – 3 Comments on Building an African house (step-by-step guide) Building an African house (step-by-step guide) People live more simply in many parts of the world. The good news is, it’s easier to bless widows like the one below … Read Post
07.01.2011 – Wounded healers – 9 Comments on How cancer changes you How cancer changes you Today I’m traveling to the funeral of our friend and neighbor, Sandra Shiraz. She was always so full of joy. She love… Read Post
06.30.2011 – Identity issues – 7 Comments on Reminders of our brokenness Reminders of our brokenness I was painfully aware of my brokenness as a teenager. I was short, had acne, and had no idea whatsoever what to say t… Read Post
06.29.2011 – Abandon – 8 Comments on No escape hatch No escape hatch Why not put an escape hatch into your life? If things don’t work out in one place, you can move onto another. Escape … Read Post
06.28.2011 – Culture and Faith – 16 Comments on What does the Bible say about women’s rights? What does the Bible say about women’s rights? I’m likely to get in hot water for this. All I really want to do is ask some questions. There are a lot of people who… Read Post
