Author: Seth Barnes

Video: Thousands praying in Haiti

Written by Seth Barnes on February 22, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 4 Comments on Video: Thousands praying in Haiti

This video helps you understand the scope of what God is doing in Haiti. As impressive as the vast numbers of people was the passion we saw as they prayed. They have been devastated...

Haiti – a few videos

Written by Seth Barnes on February 21, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 2 Comments on Haiti – a few videos

This thing in Haiti has rocked my world. I’ve never seen anything like it. I’m going to write a summary about it tomorrow morning, and then the blog will shift back to...

Earthquake or spiritual shift?

Written by Seth Barnes on February 20, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 18 Comments on Earthquake or spiritual shift?

Here’s a little known fact: Three months ago (November, ’09) the pastors of Haiti had a national meeting. They prayed for revival. They prayed that God would shake their...

How do we respond to Haiti?

Written by Seth Barnes on February 19, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 9 Comments on How do we respond to Haiti?

There is an open heaven in Haiti and we who follow Jesus need to respond. I, for one am overwhelmed and trying to figure out how I’ll respond. As I fought between feeling inadequate...

Feeling inadequate for your dream

Written by Seth Barnes on February 18, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 15 Comments on Feeling inadequate for your dream

Back in the U.S. now and I’m already doing a gut check. Before we flew to Haiti, I felt God giving me a dream: Call the pastors together as representatives of their communities....

18 year-old a mother to 45 orphans

Written by Seth Barnes on February 17, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 5 Comments on 18 year-old a mother to 45 orphans

When the earth shook with violence in Leogane, an orphanage of 46 girls erupted in screams. A house mom threw her body across the three nearest girls as the walls and ceiling collapsed...

A community rises from the rubble

Written by Seth Barnes on February 16, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 4 Comments on A community rises from the rubble

Imagine a natural disaster hitting your neighborhood. A tornado or an earthquake wipes out all the homes and cars up and down your streets. Grateful to escape with your life, you...

The Spirit is going viral in Haiti

Written by Seth Barnes on February 15, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 7 Comments on The Spirit is going viral in Haiti

So many things have been crushed in Haiti, people, homes, and government buildings. You’d think that hope would be one of them. Today we saw where a building had tumbled down...

An amazing, historic day in Haiti

Written by Seth Barnes on February 13, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 23 Comments on An amazing, historic day in Haiti

We didn’t expect this. We expected the devastation, the crumbled buildings, the tent cities. But we didn’t expect the hope. We arrived in time to witness something I’ve...

Driving to Port-au-Prince

Written by Seth Barnes on February 13, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 7 Comments on Driving to Port-au-Prince

We’re in Port-au-Prince tonight. Safely behind the walls of a missions compound. Our team of ten is mostly youth pastors – bloggers telling the folks back home about...

A miracle in the midst of terror

Written by Seth Barnes on February 12, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 7 Comments on A miracle in the midst of terror

We’re here in Haiti. Earlier, our team brought hot chocolate to the families and the victims. One man, Francois, caught their attention. Next to him was a young kid and an...

Crossing over into a tragic land

Written by Seth Barnes on February 11, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 14 Comments on Crossing over into a tragic land

Today we fly to the Dominican Republic, and the next day we drive over the mountains, across the border, by the lake, and into Haiti, a land where the smell of death hangs in the...

Haiti tomorrow

Written by Seth Barnes on February 10, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 8 Comments on Haiti tomorrow

I’m getting ready for our trip to Haiti tomorrow. My life is on fast-forward. God is doing something there and we’re colliding with it, but I’m not ready. Too much...

How to rescue an addict

Written by Seth Barnes on February 9, 2010. Posted in Justice issues. 14 Comments on How to rescue an addict

Life as an addict is terrible – you’re estranged from family and friends, and worst of all, you’re estranged from yourself. You’re in a prison of hopelessness...

My dumpster diving career

Written by Seth Barnes on February 8, 2010. Posted in Simplicity Liberates You. 32 Comments on My dumpster diving career

33 years ago I began recycling garbage. I don’t know if we helped invent dumpster diving, but David and I were the first ones I ever knew to do it. Here’s the story. My...

Haiti survival packs – make & send

Written by Seth Barnes on February 7, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 14 Comments on Haiti survival packs – make & send

Sometimes, overwhelmed by a tragedy on the scale of the Haiti earthquake, we feel impotent. We ask, “What can I do that would make a difference?” The fact is,...

Jesus – the original wounded healer

Written by Seth Barnes on February 6, 2010. Posted in Wounded healers. 5 Comments on Jesus – the original wounded healer

We’re all in the process of going from weakness to strength, from wounding to health. Henri Nouwen understood and exemplified the healing power of weakness. As a Yale professor,...

Watching God work in Haiti

Written by Seth Barnes on February 5, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 14 Comments on Watching God work in Haiti

Have you ever been in the midst of something that God was doing – watching it unfold almost in slow motion? You want to hold your breath, because your rational mind says, “What’s...

Join me on this Haiti blog tour

Written by Seth Barnes on February 4, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 5 Comments on Join me on this Haiti blog tour

In a week, Clint and I are taking a team of bloggers to Haiti’s ground zero, Carrefour. We’ve been invited by the pastors there to partner with them in rebuilding their...

Do opposites really attract?

Written by Seth Barnes on February 3, 2010. Posted in Community and Covenant. 5 Comments on Do opposites really attract?

Em Griffin was one of my favorite professors in college, but he said something that caused me a lot of heartache. Karen had a boyfriend for four years before meeting me. She was...

Creating an awesome workplace

Written by Seth Barnes on February 2, 2010. Posted in Community and Covenant. 4 Comments on Creating an awesome workplace

I’ve always tried to make the office a fun place. When we first moved to Gainesville, my coworker Erin Drew perpetually instigated rubber band wars. We were an active, fun...

Learn listening prayer – our gift to you

Written by Seth Barnes on February 1, 2010. Posted in Listening prayer. 5 Comments on Learn listening prayer – our gift to you

One of the surprising things about this blog has been the sense of virtual community it has fostered. Many of us first connected through the blog, but then went much deeper in a...

Winner: Photos caption #4

Written by Seth Barnes on February 1, 2010. Posted in Blog Community. 12 Comments on Winner: Photos caption #4

Wes Nelson: “Pic 1 – I don’t think this mail-order bride thing is all it was cracked up to be.” Photo Caption Contest Rules: 1....

One million orphaned children in Haiti

Written by Seth Barnes on January 29, 2010. Posted in Haiti. 8 Comments on One million orphaned children in Haiti

Just saw this article. The question is, how will we respond? Hundreds of thousands of other hungry and thirsty children are scattered among Port-au-Prince’s squatter...