Author: Seth Barnes

Finding the right pace for your life

Written by Seth Barnes on July 21, 2011. Posted in Better Living. 9 Comments on Finding the right pace for your life

Summers mean a change of pace around the Barnes home. We do things slower. I came home from work yesterday and Karen, Emily, and Seth Jr. had an intense game of Dominion going on. Although...

Epoch ’11: Celebrating innovations in missions

Written by Seth Barnes on July 21, 2011. Posted in Culture and Faith. 4 Comments on Epoch ’11: Celebrating innovations in missions

The world of missions has turned upside down in the last 30 years. The creativity, energy, and passion of a new generation is spreading God’s Kingdom around the world in amazing...

Mobilization ministry

Written by Seth Barnes on July 20, 2011. Posted in Mobilization. 5 Comments on Mobilization ministry

Heather is going with five other young women to Cambodia to minister to bar girls caught up in the sex trade. She’s a good communicator and volunteered to head up our mobilization...

Interested in media ministry?

Written by Seth Barnes on July 19, 2011. Posted in Kingdom Dreams. 7 Comments on Interested in media ministry?

Invisible Children showed how powerful media can be in casting a vision for the world’s need. Their film and ministry inspired me. And so, for about five years I’ve been...

Listen like your life depends on it

Written by Seth Barnes on July 17, 2011. Posted in Listening prayer. 7 Comments on Listen like your life depends on it

God will speak to you if you’ll listen. Four years ago, a young man in California I’d never met named Joe Bunting read a blog post of mine and emailed me. In the post...

God shows up in the killing fields

Written by Seth Barnes on July 16, 2011. Posted in Cambodia. 3 Comments on God shows up in the killing fields

Renee Padgett, a racer from my son’s team wrote me this morning in response to my post about the Cambodian holocaust. In it I described a documentary that explores...

How do you respond to a holocaust?

Written by Seth Barnes on July 15, 2011. Posted in A broken world. 6 Comments on How do you respond to a holocaust?

Yesterday I blogged about a film where “Brother Number Two” – the man responsible for the deaths of two million of his countrymen tries to answer why he did it....

The killers of Cambodia talk

Written by Seth Barnes on July 14, 2011. Posted in Cambodia. No Comments on The killers of Cambodia talk

The Khmer Rouge killed two million people. And then the killers melted into the Cambodian countryside, never brought to justice. And they’re alive today – living in stilt...

65 Year-old orphan

Written by Seth Barnes on July 13, 2011. Posted in A broken world. 8 Comments on 65 Year-old orphan

Our World Race squad has seen so much. But the story I’m sharing today may have been the hardest thing any of them has ever had to see. Squad leader John Hearn captured the...

Not knowing what you don’t know

Written by Seth Barnes on July 12, 2011. Posted in Discipling. 12 Comments on Not knowing what you don’t know

She was wrong for him. She was needy and would not fuel his dreams. I wasn’t the only one who could see the disaster coming. A number of my friends could too. But John never...

The experience of a lifetime

Written by Seth Barnes on July 11, 2011. Posted in World Race. 5 Comments on The experience of a lifetime

Next month, Karen and I will head to Cambodia for our final debrief as World Race coaches. We’ve grown fond of our group of 40 who are going around the world. They come from...

Losing your job

Written by Seth Barnes on July 9, 2011. Posted in A broken world. 12 Comments on Losing your job

The times that I’ve lost my job have been traumatic. When I was 24, my boss told me they didn’t need me. Unemployment was cruel. Getting the check at the unemployment...

Give your life to something significant

Written by Seth Barnes on July 8, 2011. Posted in Radical Living. 4 Comments on Give your life to something significant

I see two models of living. The first is, for yourself – to satisfy your own desires. The second is to give your life away to help others who are in need. Most people...

God loves the poor – so should we

Written by Seth Barnes on July 7, 2011. Posted in Poverty. 8 Comments on God loves the poor – so should we

“Share your food with the hungry and provide the poor wanderer with shelter – when you see the naked, to clothe him.” Isaiah 58:7 God not only loves the underdog,...

Listening prayer groups start 7/18 – sign up!

Written by Seth Barnes on July 6, 2011. Posted in Listening prayer. 7 Comments on Listening prayer groups start 7/18 – sign up!

Periodically we start virtual small groups for those who want to grow in their ability to hear the Lord’s voice. We’re starting another one the week of 7/18. Sign up...

Stepping stone relationships

Written by Seth Barnes on July 5, 2011. Posted in Dealing with junk in our lives. 7 Comments on Stepping stone relationships

I was down in south Florida in the car with old friends this weekend. We were talking about relationships and we realized that a lot of people make friends with you because of what...

July 4 – are we losing our independence?

Written by Seth Barnes on July 4, 2011. Posted in Living Free. 3 Comments on July 4 – are we losing our independence?

We’re celebrating independence today, but are we really free? In a number of ways we’re less free as a nation than we were just three years ago. For example, we’ve...

Building an African house (step-by-step guide)

Written by Seth Barnes on July 2, 2011. Posted in Poverty. 3 Comments on Building an African house (step-by-step guide)

People live more simply in many parts of the world. The good news is, it’s easier to bless widows like the one below that Rachel Duff-Banks and her team met in Uganda. Rachel...

How cancer changes you

Written by Seth Barnes on July 1, 2011. Posted in Wounded healers. 9 Comments on How cancer changes you

Today I’m traveling to the funeral of our friend and neighbor, Sandra Shiraz. She was always so full of joy. She loved Jesus a lot and she loved our family. We sure will miss...

Reminders of our brokenness

Written by Seth Barnes on June 30, 2011. Posted in Identity issues. 7 Comments on Reminders of our brokenness

I was painfully aware of my brokenness as a teenager. I was short, had acne, and had no idea whatsoever what to say to girls. Also, it didn’t help that the girl I liked was...

No escape hatch

Written by Seth Barnes on June 29, 2011. Posted in Abandon. 8 Comments on No escape hatch

Why not put an escape hatch into your life? If things don’t work out in one place, you can move onto another. Escape hatches are prudent responses to an ever-changing world,...

What does the Bible say about women’s rights?

Written by Seth Barnes on June 28, 2011. Posted in Culture and Faith. 16 Comments on What does the Bible say about women’s rights?

I’m likely to get in hot water for this. All I really want to do is ask some questions. There are a lot of people who need to ask and try to answer (for themselves) some key...

What does AIM do?

Written by Seth Barnes on June 27, 2011. Posted in Mobilization. 2 Comments on What does AIM do?

Karen and I coach a World Race squad. But we just want to relate as “normal” people without any of the trappings of position. So when one of our squad members said,...

7 Kinds of graceless people

Written by Seth Barnes on June 25, 2011. Posted in Living Free. 5 Comments on 7 Kinds of graceless people

You don’t have to look too far on the web to find people who have issues with me. “He quotes people who aren’t Christians,” they say. And if you want to criticize...