Author: Seth Barnes

220 Racers & coaches in Romania

Written by Seth Barnes on September 20, 2009. Posted in World Race. 8 Comments on 220 Racers & coaches in Romania

This morning Andrew Shearman, Talia and I wake up in Mijas, Spain and get on a train to the the airport. In London we meet blog ministers Carol Chambers and Sue Tandy. After several...

Moving toward an Awakening

Written by Seth Barnes on September 19, 2009. Posted in The Holy Spirit is on the move. 3 Comments on Moving toward an Awakening

Here in Spain still. Getting ready to head to Romania for the Awakening, a convocation of 220 Racers over four days. They’ll be arriving from all over the world on the heels...

When is divorce OK?

Written by Seth Barnes on September 18, 2009. Posted in Community and Covenant. 16 Comments on When is divorce OK?

There it is in black and white: “God hates divorce.” It’s Malachi 2:16 and it doesn’t leave much wiggle room. That’s how God feels about divorce. But...

Ministry update: AIM celebrates 20 years

Written by Seth Barnes on September 17, 2009. Posted in Dreaming. 8 Comments on Ministry update: AIM celebrates 20 years

We’ve arrived in beautiful Mijas, Spain for a board meeting. The Leadership Training School here in many ways represents the cutting edge of our ministry’s future. Hard...

Going to Spain

Written by Seth Barnes on September 15, 2009. Posted in 42nd Generation. 5 Comments on Going to Spain

Today Talia and I get on a plane and go to Spain to see a man’s dream. For years, Andrew Shearman dreamed about a training center in Spain. When he first described it to me...

Spiritual hunger like a heat-seeking missile

Written by Seth Barnes on September 14, 2009. Posted in Spiritual Formation. 3 Comments on Spiritual hunger like a heat-seeking missile

Gabe Landes is finishing up another round of men’s blog discipleship focused on learning listening prayer. It’s been a great time of growth for all. Gabe reports, “Some...

Sunday prayer – please lift up these requests

Written by Seth Barnes on September 13, 2009. Posted in Prayer. 6 Comments on Sunday prayer – please lift up these requests

It being the first Sunday of football season, I wasn’t going to blog today, but then Lisa Nelson called with an urgent prayer request (#1 below) and I realized there were so...

Have an attitude of gratitude

Written by Seth Barnes on September 12, 2009. Posted in Spiritual Formation. 4 Comments on Have an attitude of gratitude

Last night we were sitting around the living room at Friday Soup Night (the night when our small group meets). Karen had made a huge pot of scrumptious chili, the kids were playing...

I want to pull the plug – is that suicide?

Written by Seth Barnes on September 11, 2009. Posted in A broken world. 14 Comments on I want to pull the plug – is that suicide?

I wrote about Maswane’s sad life in a blog last month. Today I received the news that she has died at 19 of AIDS. When she was five years old she was raped. That’s how...

We all need a eulogy

Written by Seth Barnes on September 10, 2009. Posted in Better Living. 9 Comments on We all need a eulogy

“Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.” Rom. 12:10 Recently a friend who is dying asked if I would deliver the eulogy at his funeral....

What do you want your funeral to look like?

Written by Seth Barnes on September 9, 2009. Posted in Kingdom Reality. 5 Comments on What do you want your funeral to look like?

OK, some of you will find the blog title to be a morbid question. Who wants to think about death? But on the other hand, who wants to slouch through life never having realized your...

Our puppy finds a home

Written by Seth Barnes on September 8, 2009. Posted in My Life. 8 Comments on Our puppy finds a home

Those of you who follow me on Facebook know all about our adventures with a certain Boxer-Lab puppy that our daughters brought home a few weeks ago. Saying goodbye to Abby at the...

Where are the warriors?

Written by Seth Barnes on September 7, 2009. Posted in Fathering & Men's issues. 14 Comments on Where are the warriors?

This past weekend, 15 of us guys were sitting around the table at man-night after a hard week in the trenches living lives where our identity as men is often under attack. One of...

A prayer of repentance for our nation

Written by Seth Barnes on September 6, 2009. Posted in Justice issues. 3 Comments on A prayer of repentance for our nation

When I received this prayer by email recently, it was attributed to Billy Graham. A Snopes.com search showed that to be false. It actually was first prayed by Bob Russell and then...

What difference can $1 make?

Written by Seth Barnes on September 4, 2009. Posted in Amazing God Stories. 12 Comments on What difference can $1 make?

Before she left for Swaziland this past summer, I gave Kati Bailey a dollar and asked her to invest it somewhere while she was there and report back to me. I forgot that I’d...

We are wounded healers

Written by Seth Barnes on September 3, 2009. Posted in Wounded healers. 5 Comments on We are wounded healers

To be human is to suffer pain, it’s to feel wounded and to struggle to get to a place of healing. No one is immune and some people have so much pain in their lives, you cringe...

Grocery store healing outbreak

Written by Seth Barnes on September 2, 2009. Posted in The Holy Spirit is on the move. 7 Comments on Grocery store healing outbreak

After my recent post on God’s healing power, I thought you’d enjoy this testimony of how it can work in your everyday life. Chad, the young man giving the testimony,...

Report on your aid to the persecuted church in Pakistan

Written by Seth Barnes on September 1, 2009. Posted in Kingdom Reality. 6 Comments on Report on your aid to the persecuted church in Pakistan

Three weeks ago I wrote a blog about how a Muslim mob in Pakistan burned the homes of a number of Christians. Seven of them died. Their names: Hameed Masih, 50 , Parveen 50, Akhlas...

Stop looking on the surface of things

Written by Seth Barnes on August 31, 2009. Posted in Kingdom Reality. 7 Comments on Stop looking on the surface of things

Jesus was talking to his disciples and getting annoyed. “Stop looking on the surface of things!” He exclaimed (see John 7:24). He wanted them then just as he wants us...

Does God still heal?

Written by Seth Barnes on August 30, 2009. Posted in The Holy Spirit is on the move. 16 Comments on Does God still heal?

Growing up in my Evangelical Free Church in the Missouri, we were taught a lot of wonderful things about Jesus and the Bible. But one subject that we never covered was the Holy Spirit’s...

Einstein quotes for missions

Written by Seth Barnes on August 29, 2009. Posted in Dreaming. 2 Comments on Einstein quotes for missions

Found this on Guy Muse’s blog. Many Albert Einstein sayings and quotes are highly applicable to missions and church planting. The following are my favorites… 9. “Imagination...

We all need to grieve

Written by Seth Barnes on August 28, 2009. Posted in Dealing with junk in our lives. 2 Comments on We all need to grieve

What is your emotional range? So many of you reading this are shut down in some way. I say that with empathy as in, “you were made for much more.” You were made to experience...

The next generation carries our dreams

Written by Seth Barnes on August 27, 2009. Posted in Youth Ministry. 6 Comments on The next generation carries our dreams

At some point, the next generation will carry our hopes and dreams. Everything we do that is of any enduring value must be handed off to someone younger and more vigorous than us...

Youth ministry reaches a dead-end

Written by Seth Barnes on August 26, 2009. Posted in Youth Ministry. 18 Comments on Youth ministry reaches a dead-end

The point of this blog is to define the Matrix for some of you involved in youth ministry in hopes that you’ll go looking for a red pill. It is long blog – more of an...