Wrecked for the ordinary
Every now and then, the Lord gives me a dream that has the potential to impact a lot of people. Well, here’s a new one.
It’s a new online magazine called Wrecked for...
Author: Seth Barnes
Warriors are the next church leaders
I recently came across a letter by Rick Joyner (who heads Morningstar Ministries), a portion of which I excerpt here.
“There are many soldiers, but not many warriors,”...
Fathers Need to Share the ‘Sacred No’ With Their Kids
So many people struggle with a father wound – they needed fathering and didn’t get it, and they spend their lives subconsciously trying to fill the gaps and get to wholeness.
Richard...
A story of my struggle to the death with one rooster
One of my rituals is to read the World Race blogs every day. Yesterday, Alissa Gibson shared something about roosters that reminded me so much of a story that took place when Karen...
More Swazi student stories
Sometimes the stories of the young Swazis we encountered during our ’04 outreach reduced us to tears. They wrestle with such hard, raw issues. You can see some of what happened...
Stories of Swazi students daring to hope
When I lead others in working among the young people of Swaziland (many of them young people who are HIV-infected), it is an overwhelming experience. Here are a few short testimonies...
Sterile churches
A quote from the book, *Why Men Hate Going To Church*:
“One New Year’s Eve I asked my pastor a very straightforward question: ‘How many adults came to faith in...
Church planting resources
Church planting resources from www.resonate.ca
Pernell Goodyear’s weblog :: Pernell is co-leading this crazy journey. He posts his thoughts on his personal weblog,...
A strategy for imparting faith to your child
Just back from Chiapas, Mexico. In a future blog I’ve got to somehow synthesize what I saw – healings, demons being cast out, miracles, and the leaders of a generation...
Why Jesus is the ultimate radical reformer
I don’t understand how Jesus, who is the ultimate radical reformer, has been homogenized and made safe for the masses. I don’t understand how his followers have become synonymous...
What the Bible says about tears
The following is excerpted from a report on tears by Mary Beth Swan.
The Bible (Strong’s Concordance) provides 697 references for verses associated with crying (weep, cry, tears).
One...
The mystery of tears
We’ve been crying a lot of tears this past week here in Chiapas. Tears of repentance, tears of being overwhelmed, and tears of happiness. As a white Anglo-Saxon male, I don’t understand...
Dream of a generation fully alive – Part 2
I’ve got this dream that I’ve had for a while, but I first wrote about in a September blog. It’s...
The commercialization of incredible beauty
We’d finished the Sunday service in the Chiapas village and eaten the cow that they’d butchered and cooked up for the whole village to eat. I remembered a spectacular...
My future intersects my past in a scene out of Apocalypto
Mel Gibson’s new movie “Apocalypto” is set in the steamy green Mayan jungle, as exotic a setting as you’ll find anywhere in the world. This morning we wake...
Realizing the second stage in a dream
This morning I woke up in that town that the ancient Mayans carved out of the jungle. This group in the photo just beat four other teams racing the length of Mexico and climbing...
An update on my life – 2007 starts with a bang
It’s been crazy busy around here. The holidays were great, but slightly chaotic, not unlike what many of you probably experienced. But add to the normal hub-bub this list of...
World Race 2007 starts today!
I got the following report from the eight teams that will begin to race the length of Mexico and climb up the Mayan pyramid in the picture. They leave from Matamoros this evening.
The...
Recovering the lost gift of dancing
What are some of the things that make God smile? I think he smiles when he sees a family laughing together, or a mother gazing into the eyes of her baby, or a dad tickling his...
What would Jesus do in 2007?
It’s the first day of 2007 and I’m asking myself the question, if Jesus were walking the earth in our time, what would he be doing?
I think he’d be homeless, traveling...
Saying goodbye to my daughter for a year
We commissioned our eldest daughter, Talia, to go on the World Race yesterday. We miss her already, but love the fact that she is committed to following Jesus in a radical way,...
My vote for best youth ministry blog of the year
Youth pastors are caught between a rock and a hard place, wanting to disciple, but having to please constituencies who favor programs over discipling relationships. Mark Riddle’s...
From gutter to grace: Jennifer Smith’s story
The bottom came for Jennifer when she looked death straight in the face and fled in terror. Now death flees as Jennifer raises her voice to command life into a culture and generation...
This hero may be dying, but is very much alive
World Race leader, Scott Molgard, is a former body builder, a man’s man. In two days he leaves for Mexico for a year’s journey around the world. Here he reflects on one...