07.20.2010 – Blog Community – 3 Comments on Top 10 blogs on sethbarnes.com Top 10 blogs on sethbarnes.com The concept of the “long-tail” is interesting in the context of blogs. Some blog posts have a long shelf-life. The lo… Read Post
07.19.2010 – A broken world – 8 Comments on Scared to death at gunpoint in Tanzania Scared to death at gunpoint in Tanzania Our team in Tanzania was robbed at gunpoint this past week. A group of about 15 broke in to where they were staying. … Read Post
07.18.2010 – Haiti – 3 Comments on Educating Haiti’s children Educating Haiti’s children How is the school system in your community? Compare it to the one in Haiti. Right outside our base in Port-au-Prin… Read Post
07.18.2010 – Fighting your enemy – 7 Comments on Getting victory over the kingdom of evil Getting victory over the kingdom of evil We followers of Jesus in America need greater understanding concerning the ways and tactics of evil. The bottom lin… Read Post
07.17.2010 – Culture and Faith – 4 Comments on American dream Is elusive for millenials American dream Is elusive for millenials One reason that young people need to take a Luke 10 journey is that the American dream is not only a mirage, it’s not… Read Post
07.16.2010 – Courage – 15 Comments on Luke 10 Extreme Team Challenge Luke 10 Extreme Team Challenge Will the Luke 10 approach that Jesus gave to his disciples work in our modern day? A few people who believe that it w… Read Post
07.15.2010 – Journeys – 30 Comments on The amazing Luke 10 journey The amazing Luke 10 journey For the last 20 years or so, I’ve been challenged by a Scripture that’s so incredible, I’m tempted to discount it as … Read Post
07.14.2010 – Listening prayer – 8 Comments on Waiting on God to speak Waiting on God to speak A few years ago we were praying with a friend of mine who was troubled. He had gone through a hard time in his life. … Read Post
07.13.2010 – Culture and Faith – 6 Comments on Can you afford to be cynical? Can you afford to be cynical? I grew up cynical. I hung out with cynical friends. I went to a cynical college. And I live in a cynical culture. In … Read Post
07.12.2010 – Kingdom Reality – 8 Comments on When the kingdom of heaven intersects our world When the kingdom of heaven intersects our world Last Friday night Estie returned from an evening at a nearby house of prayer. She’s a practical girl, prone to skepti… Read Post
07.11.2010 – Poverty – 3 Comments on Why the poor in spirit are blessed Why the poor in spirit are blessed Here’s an excerpt of a great article by Jimmy McCarty from Wrecked. Guatemalans smile a lot. They are polite, hosp… Read Post
07.10.2010 – Abandon – 9 Comments on Want to change? Pray for brokenness Want to change? Pray for brokenness Here’s Chelsea Dipaolo’s story of how her life changed. It illustrates how hard the process can be. It takes a good m… Read Post
07.09.2010 – Amazing God Stories – 14 Comments on An account of angels singing in Germany An account of angels singing in Germany We have more encounters with the supernatural than many of us will admit. God and his agents are regularly intersecti… Read Post
07.08.2010 – Abandon – 5 Comments on How do I get out of here? How do I get out of here? Maybe you made a mistake somewhere along the way. You compromised and started following an easy road, a broad road. A… Read Post
07.07.2010 – Abandon – 7 Comments on In praise of quitting In praise of quitting Have you considered the notion that maybe you should walk away? If people have made choices for you that you wouldn’t… Read Post
07.06.2010 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 9 Comments on Discovering the purpose in the pain Discovering the purpose in the pain Only recently has God revealed to me the purpose of the pain I went through in 1989. For years I attributed the betr… Read Post
07.05.2010 – Listening prayer – 6 Comments on Walking away from the pity party Walking away from the pity party We all get hurt and we all get tired of dealing with the people who hurt us. And I’m guessing most of us have convers… Read Post
07.04.2010 – Lordship – 7 Comments on Celebrating your dependence day Celebrating your dependence day I shared these thoughts four years ago in this post and got no feedback. But I liked it and hey, it’s my blog, so her… Read Post
07.03.2010 – Lordship – 8 Comments on The tension between doing & being The tension between doing & being Jesus said a lot of provocative stuff that makes it hard to follow him. Almost half of the book of John takes place i… Read Post
07.02.2010 – Simplicity Liberates You – 4 Comments on Living on $2 a day Living on $2 a day Provocative article from Wrecked: My husband, Joe, has been reading a bit about monastic tradition and spi… Read Post
07.01.2010 – Lordship – 8 Comments on The pain of difficult people The pain of difficult people The bottom line of yesterday’s blog post is that God can’t trust us with his dreams until he can trust us with pain (… Read Post
06.30.2010 – Dealing with junk in our lives – 22 Comments on Talking to God about people who bother you Talking to God about people who bother you Every now and then people like John get under my skin and I have to talk to God about them. Conversations go … Read Post
06.29.2010 – Parenting – 4 Comments on Not enough authority these days Not enough authority these days 50 years ago, if someone proclaimed, “I’m going to call the authorities!” you were in trouble. Authority used to be i… Read Post
06.28.2010 – Justice issues – 3 Comments on Microfinance loans can bring hope to Haiti Microfinance loans can bring hope to Haiti Poor people don’t have access to a lot of things, and for a long time, one of them was access to credit. If a poor en… Read Post
