12.09.2021 – Story telling – 7 Comments on Beauty for Ashes Goes to Italy Beauty for Ashes Goes to Italy Having been raised as a small boy in the picturesque Italian village of Corrubbio, just outside of Ve… Read Post
11.30.2021 – My Life, Writing Blogs and Books – 7 Comments on Don’t Despise Small Beginnings Don’t Despise Small Beginnings I had seen the power of microcredit working with refugees and those caught in a cycle of poverty in Indonesia. Sm… Read Post
11.18.2021 – World Race – 35 Comments on When God Said, ‘Scale The World Race For a Movement’ When God Said, ‘Scale The World Race For a Movement’ I was on a morning run in Swaziland in 2007. I have a practice of praying as I run. And sometimes I hear what I s… Read Post
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 Driving further south, I was amazed at the beauty of a river valley leading into Guatemala. On my one-week road trip,… Read Post
07.27.2021 – Comfort and Pain – 1 Comment on Young People Need the Gift of Remedial Pain Young People Need the Gift of Remedial Pain As a society, we need to think about the role of pain in the maturation process of our kids. We need to get out of th… Read Post
07.20.2021 – My Life – 12 Comments on Finding My Italian Nanny 58 Years Later Finding My Italian Nanny 58 Years Later A little over a week ago, Karen and I met Elisa and she took us to her mom’s house. There, after 58 years, was Maria!… Read Post
07.14.2021 – My Life – 16 Comments on Finding My Old Home in Italy Finding My Old Home in Italy Corrubbio, Italy – We lived there for three years. We regularly went to the opera in the Roman colosseum. We lived a… Read Post
06.29.2021 – Cambodia – 5 Comments on Near Death Experience in the Killing Fields Near Death Experience in the Killing Fields I was very afraid and knew that if I didn’t get out of there, I would die. We had seen them cut the necks of about 2… 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 You were made for more. And it will take a journey of many steps to get there. Of course the most poignant discovery … Read Post
06.15.2021 – Justice issues – 10 Comments on The Difference Between Being Woke and Awake The Difference Between Being Woke and Awake My hand-me-down religion wasn’t working too well. It was a hard time, a time where I felt broken and needy. Now I see… 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’ “God space is living between the end of your resources and abilities and what God wants you to do for Him.” Read Post
06.04.2021 – Community and Covenant – 11 Comments on Be Loyal to People, Not Organizations Be Loyal to People, Not Organizations Internet life is founded on virtual relationships and transactional commitments. We begin to see relationships throug… 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 We humans tend to live in the short-term, but God sees the totality of our lives. How many of our stories are still b… 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 said. (… Read Post
