Author: Seth Barnes

Multi-generational living

Written by Seth Barnes on April 30, 2011. Posted in 42nd Generation. 6 Comments on Multi-generational living

God is a multi-generational God. He says things like, “I am the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land.” (Gen....

How do you respond to disaster?

Written by Seth Barnes on April 28, 2011. Posted in A broken world. 1 Comment on How do you respond to disaster?

Since I was traveling, the news of the tornadoes that ravaged Alabama and surrounding states reached me late. Back home Talia, Emily and Leah spent the night riding out the storm. The...

Is your life too small?

Written by Seth Barnes on April 27, 2011. Posted in Mobilization. 9 Comments on Is your life too small?

Do you feel… discontent? stuck in the status quo? unfulfilled by the ordinary? like you’ve outgrown your life? You’re not the only one.

10 kinds of journeys

Written by Seth Barnes on April 26, 2011. Posted in Journeys. 12 Comments on 10 kinds of journeys

Karen and I are headed on a journey today to Romania. I looked in the book of Luke and found that journeys have a great many purposes. Here are ten: 1. Journey of...

How Kristina was mobilized

Written by Seth Barnes on April 25, 2011. Posted in Portraits of Disciplers. 2 Comments on How Kristina was mobilized

Kristina de Santiago and her husband Miguel represent the best fruit Adventures has to offer. She came up through AIM’s ministry as a teenager, married Miguel, and gave her...

Anthony is resurrected this Easter!

Written by Seth Barnes on April 24, 2011. Posted in Wounded healers. 3 Comments on Anthony is resurrected this Easter!

Anthony looked like a Nicaraguan Justin Bieber. A street kid with his own special charisma, Anthony trusted Jesus because Lisa Smith cared enough to practice the incarnation in his...

The cost of bringing freedom

Written by Seth Barnes on April 22, 2011. Posted in Sex Trade and Sex Trafficking. 6 Comments on The cost of bringing freedom

Some people are in places of great pain. They are chained to this pain in ways that are hard to fathom. Take the sex trade in Cambodia. Mothers raise daughters to become prostitutes...

AIM school burns in Kenya

Written by Seth Barnes on April 21, 2011. Posted in A broken world. 5 Comments on AIM school burns in Kenya

Ever since Karen and I first visited my parents’ mission in Kenya 12 years ago, AIM has had a thriving ministry there. Several years ago, a staff person started...

Taking the old self to a new place

Written by Seth Barnes on April 20, 2011. Posted in Journeys. 8 Comments on Taking the old self to a new place

If you are in a place where the comforts of home have dumbed down your spirit, you need a kingdom journey. But recognize that a journey by itself won’t change you. For that...

The curse of restlessness

Written by Seth Barnes on April 19, 2011. Posted in Journeys. 7 Comments on The curse of restlessness

Many of us are afflicted with the curse of restlessness. Dissatisfied with the status quo, we leave, looking for adventure. And in looking for adventure, we may find more than we...

The heavens declare his glory

Written by Seth Barnes on April 18, 2011. Posted in Kingdom Reality. 6 Comments on The heavens declare his glory

As good as hiking in the mountains of north Georgia was, we never saw anything as spectacular as this. Below is a video from Norwegian photographer Terje Sorgjerd taken on El Teide...

Respectability is overrated: Guest post for the Very Worst Missionary

Written by Seth Barnes on April 16, 2011. Posted in My Life. 4 Comments on Respectability is overrated: Guest post for the Very Worst Missionary

Jamie Wright writes a great blog called The Very Worst Missionary. It’s a big help to anyone who has missionaries on a pedestal. Here’s a guest post I recently did for...

Women, please release your men

Written by Seth Barnes on April 13, 2011. Posted in Better Living. 5 Comments on Women, please release your men

Outside our kitchen window just now, my neighbor Joseph walked by with a wild turkey he shot in our back yard. Back in the real world, he hasn’t worked for over a month and...

Courage requires vulnerability

Written by Seth Barnes on April 12, 2011. Posted in Simplicity Liberates You. 3 Comments on Courage requires vulnerability

I liked Brene Brown’s TED speech. Here are some things she said that I found provocative. Her studies validate the kind of love that Jesus practiced. Shame is really easily...

What do you want to do?

Written by Seth Barnes on April 11, 2011. Posted in Finding your call. 6 Comments on What do you want to do?

We are the most privileged generation in history. So much is optional. We don’t have to work to survive. Instead, we have the opportunity to work to do the stuff that makes...

We need connection to live

Written by Seth Barnes on April 10, 2011. Posted in Community and Covenant. 3 Comments on We need connection to live

Sundays are a good day for connection. I think that’s why God set the day aside and attached a commandment to it. It’s because we need connection. Our spirits were made...

Denying Christ

Written by Seth Barnes on April 9, 2011. Posted in A broken world. 6 Comments on Denying Christ

I love this humble, thoughtful response to a complicated and horrible situation. Kristen Paulick is gifted, both as a minister and as a writer. This is the kind of writing that enriches...

How a kingdom journey changes you

Written by Seth Barnes on April 8, 2011. Posted in Journeys. 9 Comments on How a kingdom journey changes you

How does a kingdom journey change you? Here’s a post by my future son-in-law, Joe Bunting. In it he references his experience on the World Race. Lately, Seth has been talking...

A journey is what you need

Written by Seth Barnes on April 7, 2011. Posted in Journeys. 3 Comments on A journey is what you need

This morning I’m on a train ride from Sorrento to the Rome airport after 11 days doing things that were stretching and often surprising. I’m so glad I went. I’m...

Journeys awaken your sense of wonder

Written by Seth Barnes on April 6, 2011. Posted in Journeys. 5 Comments on Journeys awaken your sense of wonder

Children start out life going on a journey of discovery – they approach the first waterfall, the first rainbow, the first trip to the aquarium with wonder. For an orphan growing...

Young people need a kingdom journey

Written by Seth Barnes on April 5, 2011. Posted in Journeys. 4 Comments on Young people need a kingdom journey

A Southwest Airlines commercial shows a woman in an embarrassing predicament and asks the question, “Want to get away?” Ask most young people that question and the answer...

How to grow in your gift of healing

Written by Seth Barnes on April 4, 2011. Posted in Amazing God Stories. 40 Comments on How to grow in your gift of healing

Theresa Duffy is in Tanzania. She is making the transition God wants us all to make. God wants you and me to move from being people who have grown up in a culture that has no experience...

Adopting and fighting for a son

Written by Seth Barnes on April 2, 2011. Posted in Orphans. 7 Comments on Adopting and fighting for a son

My friend Brent Gudgel at Deidox.com just sent me this short film called “Deidox: The Ivey Family.” It’s about adoption (and Haiti), and ultimately how we are adopted...

Navigating the seasons of your life

Written by Seth Barnes on April 1, 2011. Posted in Spiritual Formation. 5 Comments on Navigating the seasons of your life

Chelsea di Paolo wrote me this: “Someone told me, ‘You’re in a transitional season of life, so it’s hard for you to put roots down and really be involved...