Author: Seth Barnes

Dreaming it and doing it

Written by Seth Barnes on July 20, 2007. Posted in Dreaming. No Comments on Dreaming it and doing it

A generation is dreaming that they can be different from the status quo, and they are actually doing it. They are re-imagining culture. They’re saying, “We do not seek...

How I got involved in Swaziland

Written by Seth Barnes on July 20, 2007. Posted in Eswatini / Swaziland. 1 Comment on How I got involved in Swaziland

When the idea to take on the worst AIDS problem in the world came, it required that I basically take a sabbatical from my regular life. It was crazy, but I did it. And I...

All leaders are pilgrims

Written by Seth Barnes on July 19, 2007. Posted in Leadership. 5 Comments on All leaders are pilgrims

This is my letter to the leaders of the World Race, but I’d like to think that it could be a letter to leaders in the Church who are ambitious and crazy enough to believe in...

Stop being a victim!

Written by Seth Barnes on July 18, 2007. Posted in Better Living. 2 Comments on Stop being a victim!

The other day I shared one of Linnea Molgard’s stories. She, along with her husband Scott, is one of my favorite World Racers. I love their authenticity and vulnerability....

Mobilize a Generation: How to reach the millenials

Written by Seth Barnes on July 17, 2007. Posted in Mobilization. 2 Comments on Mobilize a Generation: How to reach the millenials

As part of mobilizing a generation to find their identity in Christ and change the world, we’re launching an online campaign to raise awareness for the World Race, an eleven-month...

How to interrupt a suicide

Written by Seth Barnes on July 16, 2007. Posted in Wounded healers. 7 Comments on How to interrupt a suicide

Every week thousands of people try to kill themselves because they’ve lost hope. If you were to stumble across someone just as they were attempting suicide, what would you...

Swaziland ’07 – AIDS Crisis Peaks

Written by Seth Barnes on July 15, 2007. Posted in Eswatini / Swaziland. 3 Comments on Swaziland ’07 – AIDS Crisis Peaks

We saw the consequences of the numbers last month in the haunted eyes of a two year old who walks from her home by herself to a feeding center. Her father is dead, her mother too...

Why I’m a fan of Scott Molgard

Written by Seth Barnes on July 14, 2007. Posted in Portraits of Disciplers. 8 Comments on Why I’m a fan of Scott Molgard

Scott is easy to underestimate. Not one to blow his own trumpet, he works hard to keep your expectations low. He calls himself “fat” and describes his attempts at running...

A dad’s role with his daughter’s suitors

Written by Seth Barnes on July 13, 2007. Posted in Fathering & Men's issues. 10 Comments on A dad’s role with his daughter’s suitors

In the Christian school our kids attended, they sometimes stood out. Once when I discovered that one of our daughters was having a more exclusive relationship with a boy from school,...

A generation that has been lied to

Written by Seth Barnes on July 12, 2007. Posted in Mobilization. 5 Comments on A generation that has been lied to

The sad thing is that my generation doesn’t seem to realize that it has been doing the lying. Young people inevitably mistrust their elders to a certain extent and we just...

What do you do when God is silent?

Written by Seth Barnes on July 11, 2007. Posted in Ask Seth. 198 Comments on What do you do when God is silent?

Yesterday was a good day. Frankly, sometimes I get tired of writing this blog. I wonder, “Does anybody care about this stuff?” So yesterday I got some great emails from...

Poverty up close and personal wrecks you

Written by Seth Barnes on July 10, 2007. Posted in Poverty. No Comments on Poverty up close and personal wrecks you

Four years ago, I tracked down Kari Miller, a Minnesotan school teacher who is spending her summer with widows and orphans in Uganda. I’ve been a booster of hers ever...

Too white, too safe, too bad

Written by Seth Barnes on July 9, 2007. Posted in Church. 2 Comments on Too white, too safe, too bad

Homogeneity is a problem in the church. It’s a term that means that everybody in a group is pretty much the same. It’s a problem because (as explored in yesterday’s...

Comfortably numb

Written by Seth Barnes on July 8, 2007. Posted in Simplicity Liberates You. 6 Comments on Comfortably numb

In case no one’s asked you a provocative question lately, I’ve got four of them for you. Take your pick: When was the last time you did something for the first time? Do...

Raising the dead in India

Written by Seth Barnes on July 7, 2007. Posted in The Holy Spirit is on the move. 7 Comments on Raising the dead in India

J. Lee Grady, the editor of Charisma, puts out a regular email that energizes my faith. I recommend subscribing to it – it’s free. His last one was great: Harry...

No mommy

Written by Seth Barnes on July 6, 2007. Posted in Orphans. 4 Comments on No mommy

I read lots of World Racer blogs every day. Other guys play golf – I read these blogs. I do it because I love these guys and because I love to see the way God is using their...

A moral tsunami sweeping young people out to sea

Written by Seth Barnes on July 5, 2007. Posted in Mobilization. 2 Comments on A moral tsunami sweeping young people out to sea

Having spent the past month in Africa with the World Racers, this idea of abandonment has really become a reality. This is a group of young Jesus-followers who aren’t settling...

Getting started in Matamoros

Written by Seth Barnes on July 4, 2007. Posted in Radical Living. 2 Comments on Getting started in Matamoros

During the summer of 1993 some of our staff joined me in investigating the new field of Matamoros, Mexico. Such pioneering trips are often opportunities to see miracles. One of my...

Our petty complaints

Written by Seth Barnes on July 3, 2007. Posted in Short-term missions. 7 Comments on Our petty complaints

Short-term missions can have an incredible impact on the participants, if they are truly broken of their western ethnocentrism and exposed to the extreme poverty of the Third World....

A World Racer talks about real hunger

Written by Seth Barnes on July 2, 2007. Posted in Spiritual Formation. 2 Comments on A World Racer talks about real hunger

Last month, World Racer Amanda Dums, who was ministering in a world of hunger in Africa, wrote this: The word of this month for me is “hunger.” God’s been teaching...

Voice of a movement

Written by Seth Barnes on July 1, 2007. Posted in Mobilization. No Comments on Voice of a movement

Each month, thousands of people are visiting Wrecked for the Ordinary, an online magazine for radical Christ-followers. A generation that is hungry for truth and justice is rising...

John Eldredge on community living

Written by Seth Barnes on June 30, 2007. Posted in Community and Covenant. 4 Comments on John Eldredge on community living

I just came across this article by Eldredge in House2House, a house church resource. In reading it, I realized how the World Race, a pioneer church-planting and discipleship program,...

Protecting yourself against phariseeism, Pt. 2

Written by Seth Barnes on June 29, 2007. Posted in Kingdom Reality. 3 Comments on Protecting yourself against phariseeism, Pt. 2

Two days ago I blogged about the subject of hypocrisy in those of us who are viewed as Christian leaders. It’s not a popular subject – when Jesus took it on, it helped...

Airport hell

Written by Seth Barnes on June 28, 2007. Posted in My Life. 7 Comments on Airport hell

After speaking at a conference in Buffalo, I innocently got on a flight to NYC. And here I sit and sit and sit. It’s 2 a.m. Every now and then a voice comes blaring over the...