Find your rhythm
For most of my life I assumed that people went at the same pace I did. Stupid assumption. For some reason, I’ve got the capacity to go and go when most people need more rest....
Author: Seth Barnes
Spiritual covering
I was having a conversation yesterday about the concept of spiritual covering and I realized, I really don’t know much about it.
Yes, I’d grown up in a home where Bill...
Leading change is hard
It’s been a tough week.
We’ve had a series of changes at the office and this past week’s changes were hard – real hard.
I didn’t sleep much and found...
Taking a leap of faith
I don’t like heights and I don’t like leaping from them. The higher I go, the bigger the jump, the more faith is required.
Paradoxically, the older I get, the more leaps...
Learning to live a generous life
How many times have you been on a mission trip and the people
you’re visiting invite you into their home and give you a wonderful meal
that they can’t afford? That kind...
Blind spots and baggage
It’s one thing to have baggage – a chip on your shoulder, insecurities, relational dysfunction – but it’s another thing to be oblivious about the baggage.
My...
Your Dad Is Not Jesus
This post is by Joe Bunting, my son-in-law. Joe is a writer and a teacher, and his blog, The Write Practice, is becoming a great online community for writers. Check it out.
Sometimes,...
What was weird is now normal
How do we change? Mostly we do it by degrees – incrementally over time. Not many overnight sensations in the real world.
So where do the radicals who set the world ablaze with...
The poor will always be with you
Did you ever wonder why Jesus said that we’ll always have the poor with us?
He might have had any of a number of things in mind. For example, perhaps he means poverty will...
Often, healing is gradual
Jesus was healing a blind man and the healing was partial. He asked him a diagnostic question: “Can you see?”
And when it was evident the man’s vision...
An epic, epoch evening
I’ve got to admit, there were a lot of doubters. So many that I was tempted to doubt too.
“You’re going to do what? Put on tuxes to honor missions organizations?...
‘We get your leftovers’
Do you struggle to make the transition from work to home? I certainly have on occasion. At work, my calendar is full and the authority lines are clear. At home, Karen and I share...
Equipped with poverty
Did you ever stop to consider why Jesus called the poor blessed? It could be for a variety of reasons, but I’d like to suggest that one is that poverty is under-appreciated.
We...
11 books in 11 months
If you were to say to me, “Please give me a year’s worth of reading – a book per month (outside of the Bible) that will help me to grow spiritually while I’m...
What’s next for T, U, & V squads?
Yesterday ABC News interviewed me about the Haiti orphan situation and our petition that the IBESR (Haiti’s social welfare agency) be investigated for corruption.
Great news:...
We need the poor
We need the poor. We especially need children who are poor and emotionally wounded. We need them because they enrich our lives. Their need becomes our opportunity to give. And as...
46 Haiti SOG orphans disappear
Just got off the phone with our Haiti staff guy. Here’s his report:
When the government took the kids away from the SOG orphanage, they left in one or two buses (we couldn’t...
Getting back on track with God
“Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.” (Is. 55:6)
We all go through seasons with God. David expresses his highs and lows with God in the...
Ed Glover’s commitment changes Pittsburgh
Some things can only be fixed with time and commitment.
Urban problems tend to be that way. When families break down and institutions fail, there are no quick fixes.
That’s...
When dreams come true
Today is a day for celebration on two counts:
The Haitian orphans are safe and sound in the care of people who love them.
Our dream of celebrating the kind of people who fight in...
Haiti orphanage, trauma & the critics
The closing of the SOG orphanage yesterday made headline news. But the news is not all good. A group of NGOs we’re a part of had a place for the orphans to stay all prepared.
Ten...
Haitian government closes Son of God Orphanage
Today, the Associated Press, ABC News, Washington Post, and other news organizations released an article announcing the closure of the Son of God Orphanage in Carrefour, Haiti. The...
Do you need more slack?
My life may seem over-full to some folks, but usually I’ve
got margins built in. The plates keep spinning and life is under
control. But throw an X-factor or two in there and...
Update on Haiti orphanage & signs of hope
For the past 15 months, we and five other partnering organizations have been investigating the Son of God Orphanage in Carrefour, Haiti.
This weekend, we confirmed our suspicions:...