Author: Seth Barnes

Three Sources of Systemic Racial Injustice

Written by Seth Barnes on June 9, 2020. Posted in Justice issues. 9 Comments on Three Sources of Systemic Racial Injustice

We come to a moment in history where we have the opportunity to address racism at multiple levels. Personally, culturally and systemically. Usually the conversation will take place...

Praying For America’s Healing

Written by Seth Barnes on June 4, 2020. Posted in Prayer. 6 Comments on Praying For America’s Healing

We pray for our own healing and health. It’s a good time to step up the prayer for the nation. J. Lee Grady shared these four prayer requests: Pray that the United States...

Where to Find Hope When America is On Fire

Written by Seth Barnes on June 3, 2020. Posted in Justice issues. 7 Comments on Where to Find Hope When America is On Fire

Today reminds me of 1968. America is on fire. Societal change is happening at warp speed. Covid19, George Floyd, what’s next, a national depression? Many of us have lost our...

What Can White People Do?

Written by Seth Barnes on June 2, 2020. Posted in Justice issues. 9 Comments on What Can White People Do?

Talk is cheap. Everyone will say, “George Floyd’s murder was a terrible tragedy.” What can White America actually do that might possibly make a difference? I’m...

Seth Godin says, ‘Consider a Gap Year’

Written by Seth Barnes on June 1, 2020. Posted in 42nd Generation. 2 Comments on Seth Godin says, ‘Consider a Gap Year’

Cities were burning last night. The virus continues to rampage across the world. How should you as a young Christ-follower respond? Do you plan to go to college during this time...

Gifts We Didn’t Know How to Receive

Written by Seth Barnes on May 28, 2020. Posted in Better Living. 3 Comments on Gifts We Didn’t Know How to Receive

When I was a nine year-old boy growing up outside Washington DC, we had some older neighbors across the street. Jim Latta had worked for seven Presidents as an assistant in the...

Yes, God Still Does Healing Miracles – Here’s One

Written by Seth Barnes on May 26, 2020. Posted in Amazing God Stories. 11 Comments on Yes, God Still Does Healing Miracles – Here’s One

If you have gone through a dry season lately – a time where you haven’t seen God, then you need to hear the story of Dave and Chris Carlson and God’s amazing power...

Gap Year: Best Thing For Gen Z

Written by Seth Barnes on May 23, 2020. Posted in Radical Living. 3 Comments on Gap Year: Best Thing For Gen Z

Parents are waking up to the fact that their children need a gap year. Our secular educational system effectively disciples young people in disbelief. In contrast, a gap year experience...

The 3 Things You Can Control

Written by Seth Barnes on May 21, 2020. Posted in Better Living. 9 Comments on The 3 Things You Can Control

You wake up in this new world. In the old world, if you had some time on a Saturday morning, maybe you went to your favorite coffee shop and sat there nursing a cappuccino. If you...

Losing a Job, Getting a Promotion

Written by Seth Barnes on May 19, 2020. Posted in Vulnerability and me. 5 Comments on Losing a Job, Getting a Promotion

It was 1984, I was working for Opportunity Int’l in Vienna, Virginia. Karen and I had an apartment in Falls Church. Talia was a year old and we were just getting going in life. It...

How to Get Friends Who Give You Life

Written by Seth Barnes on May 18, 2020. Posted in Community and Covenant. 3 Comments on How to Get Friends Who Give You Life

I have fasted a lot of things these last couple of months – fasted from flights, restaurants, freedom – the list is long. But one of the hardest things to fast has been...

Re-entering Reality: How to Take Spiritual Authority

Written by Seth Barnes on May 14, 2020. Posted in Kingdom Reality. 1 Comment on Re-entering Reality: How to Take Spiritual Authority

Leaving the claustrophobic realm of your home quarantine to go back into the realm of other human beings can be a disorienting experience. When you are talking to people not on a...

30 Biblical Life Principles That Help You Start Over

Written by Seth Barnes on May 13, 2020. Posted in Better Living. 12 Comments on 30 Biblical Life Principles That Help You Start Over

I’m as perplexed as any of you about what happens next. We started the World Race in 2005, and now we can’t get on planes. So what does it look like now? Our economy...

The New Economy of Grace

Written by Seth Barnes on May 12, 2020. Posted in Church. 5 Comments on The New Economy of Grace

In this season of brokenness, we especially need grace. Many people are trapped in their homes in what feels like a place of judgment and are dying to exchange it for one of...

College Students Could Take Gap Year Over Covid-19 Uncertainty

Written by Seth Barnes on May 11, 2020. Posted in Journeys. 2 Comments on College Students Could Take Gap Year Over Covid-19 Uncertainty

Excerpt from the Wall St. Journal article Never have the words gap year seemed more appropriate. Typically taken by a handful of students who want time to grow and explore...

How to Build a Culture of Grace

Written by Seth Barnes on May 8, 2020. Posted in Culture and Faith. 12 Comments on How to Build a Culture of Grace

Within a week of the team coming together, they felt safe enough to begin sharing some of the secrets they’d kept hidden for much of their lives. One young woman said, “I...

How Will the Hero Generation Respond to the Crisis?

Written by Seth Barnes on May 5, 2020. Posted in 42nd Generation. 6 Comments on How Will the Hero Generation Respond to the Crisis?

As explained in the book The Fourth Turning, generations look like four basic archetypes. This current generation of young people is known as “the Hero Generation.” And...

Jim Collins’ 3 Rules for Leaving Quarantine

Written by Seth Barnes on May 4, 2020. Posted in Simplicity Liberates You. 8 Comments on Jim Collins’ 3 Rules for Leaving Quarantine

We all go through big life transitions. Some are forced on us – for example, we’re laid off or get sick or start a family. Others are more organic where we get to choose...

Jack Frost Teaches Me About Sonship

Written by Seth Barnes on April 30, 2020. Posted in Identity issues. 8 Comments on Jack Frost Teaches Me About Sonship

Jack Frost, author of the life-changing book From Spiritual Slavery to Spiritual Sonship, came to our small country church for a week of special services in 1995. He had just returned...

Responding to the Crisis: Boomer Apologies

Written by Seth Barnes on April 29, 2020. Posted in A broken world. 13 Comments on Responding to the Crisis: Boomer Apologies

This crisis didn’t just happen. We Boomers built a fragile world that was ripe for a catastrophe like this and we need to take responsibility. Five years ago, Bill Gates warned...

When Do We Pivot to Being Courageous?

Written by Seth Barnes on April 28, 2020. Posted in Courage. 5 Comments on When Do We Pivot to Being Courageous?

Which of these best describes how you’ve been feeling this past month? A. Fearful B. Bored C. Anxious D. Courageous I’m guessing not many of you picked “D.” But...

The Arrival of Consequences

Written by Seth Barnes on April 27, 2020. Posted in Better Living. 5 Comments on The Arrival of Consequences

For years now, we’ve been a society that has tried to numb or defer pain. You can see it in our addictions. Addictions to noise, to debt, to food, to social media –...

My Dad Died a Year Ago – Here’s What I Learned

Written by Seth Barnes on April 22, 2020. Posted in My Life. 12 Comments on My Dad Died a Year Ago – Here’s What I Learned

A photo of my dad and me when I was a year old. This is a tough day in a tough season. My Dad died a year ago today. That last week, I sensed he was slipping and didn’t...