Author: Seth Barnes

Consumerism run amok

Written by Seth Barnes on November 29, 2008. Posted in Simplicity Liberates You. 8 Comments on Consumerism run amok

Our consumer-driven culture reached a new low yesterday. You’d think with the economic downturn that consumers would pull in their horns and stop rushing the stores, but no… What...

Myanmar flood update

Written by Seth Barnes on November 29, 2008. Posted in Missions. 2 Comments on Myanmar flood update

In an earlier post I reported on the aftermath of the Myanmar flood. We need to see and be moved by the need. We have a great deal of self-sufficiency; we shine with competencies...

Party at the Barnes house

Written by Seth Barnes on November 27, 2008. Posted in My Life. 9 Comments on Party at the Barnes house

When the Hitchcock’s big Greyhound-type bus came rolling down our long driveway and the aunties, uncles, and cousins came pouring out, the party was on. Thanksgiving is great...

Learning how to trust God

Written by Seth Barnes on November 26, 2008. Posted in Kingdom Reality. 2 Comments on Learning how to trust God

Today is a day when the country is scrambling to get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving. All over the country you can hear vacuum cleaners running on rugs, pots and pats banging together,...

Giving me away

Written by Seth Barnes on November 25, 2008. Posted in Identity issues. 7 Comments on Giving me away

“Who gives this woman away to be married?” the preacher asks. Few moments in life are more poignant than when a father gives his daughter away in a wedding ceremony. What...

Don’t ask for small gifts!

Written by Seth Barnes on November 24, 2008. Posted in Dreaming. 28 Comments on Don’t ask for small gifts!

The golfer Arnold Palmer once played a series of exhibition matches in Saudi Arabia. The king was so impressed that he proposed to give Palmer a gift. Palmer demurred: “it...

Shop for Christmas & help orphans

Written by Seth Barnes on November 23, 2008. Posted in Orphans. 4 Comments on Shop for Christmas & help orphans

It’s Thanksgiving week in a season of diminished expectations. As long as we’re re-configuring our priorities, let me make the following recommendation. As you’re...

Women and covenantal relationships

Written by Seth Barnes on November 22, 2008. Posted in Community and Covenant. 4 Comments on Women and covenantal relationships

I wrote a blog on accountability and provoked this response from a couple of women about their struggle for covenant: Tami Kesling writes: Women have fallen trap to seeking both...

Behind the scenes in Myanmar

Written by Seth Barnes on November 21, 2008. Posted in Missions. 1 Comment on Behind the scenes in Myanmar

I’m in Nashville today speaking at a Youth Specialties conference on the subject of raising up World Changers. Here’s a report from a group of them – World...

Responding to the magic kingdom

Written by Seth Barnes on November 20, 2008. Posted in Kingdom Reality. 9 Comments on Responding to the magic kingdom

We just returned from debriefing a team in Thailand. Karen and I are committed to these young people and with each trip we take to meet them somewhere in the world, we feel the commitment...

The comforts of home

Written by Seth Barnes on November 19, 2008. Posted in Simplicity Liberates You. 4 Comments on The comforts of home

“Home is where the heart is, so your real home’s in your chest.” -Joss Wheldon We’re on the 747 returning home from Bangkok as I write this. It’s a...

How to be accountable

Written by Seth Barnes on November 18, 2008. Posted in Leadership. 8 Comments on How to be accountable

The tragedy of the unaccountable leader gets replayed so often on the evening news that it has become a cliche. Act 1 – Powerful leader is viewed with respect and envy by the...

A season of purging

Written by Seth Barnes on November 17, 2008. Posted in Simplicity Liberates You. 9 Comments on A season of purging

We’ve been here in Thailand for a week and are leaving for home tonight at 1 a.m. We’re in a season of the empty nest – in many ways a season of purging. Relationships...

Being wrecked by the sex trade

Written by Seth Barnes on November 16, 2008. Posted in Sex Trade and Sex Trafficking. 5 Comments on Being wrecked by the sex trade

A megachurch leader recently posed this question: “What wrecks you?” He argued that whatever disturbs our soul, whatever causes us to lose sleep at night, whatever thing...

How do you feel after a year of adventure?

Written by Seth Barnes on November 15, 2008. Posted in Kingdom Reality. No Comments on How do you feel after a year of adventure?

Yesterday, I posted a great video from Kim Daniels on “never going back to OK”. She posted it with only seven days left of her World Race experience. Just before returning...

Kingdom reality on a Thai beach

Written by Seth Barnes on November 14, 2008. Posted in Kingdom Reality. 3 Comments on Kingdom reality on a Thai beach

We’re doing a World Race team final debrief in Thailand. Tonight we sang songs on the beach, prayed for one another, and spoke the word of God to one another. It was a sweet...

Spiritual fathers & their spiritual sons

Written by Seth Barnes on November 13, 2008. Posted in Fathering & Men's issues. 8 Comments on Spiritual fathers & their spiritual sons

The following blog, while it’s about fathers and sons also applies to a certain extent to daughters and mothers. We fathers carry the weight of great expectations as we raise...

Making room in your heart

Written by Seth Barnes on November 12, 2008. Posted in Orphans. 5 Comments on Making room in your heart

I’m writing this at the beach on an island off the Thai coast. Our debrief is off to a roaring start. Our racers have been in some very rough places and tonight as we prayed...

Surviving an international flight

Written by Seth Barnes on November 11, 2008. Posted in My Life. 16 Comments on Surviving an international flight

Karen and are I traveling to Thailand today to meet our World Race squad. We just flew the first leg to South Korea. When we checked in, we were overjoyed to hear that Korean Air...

Placing a priority on your friends

Written by Seth Barnes on November 10, 2008. Posted in My Life. 10 Comments on Placing a priority on your friends

Karen and I are back from Orlando. Over the last 20 years, we’ve watched Daniel Watson go from toddler, to little boy, to adolescent, to grown man. So it was wonderful to...

3 more students changing the world

Written by Seth Barnes on November 9, 2008. Posted in Reaching Your Destiny. 1 Comment on 3 more students changing the world

In yesterday’s blog I shared the examples of three teens who saw a need and stepped out on a limb to meet it. So many of us may see a need, but we live in fear of what...

3 students who are changing the world

Written by Seth Barnes on November 8, 2008. Posted in Reaching Your Destiny. 3 Comments on 3 students who are changing the world

We’re staying at a hotel in Orlando tonight. There are two large convention groups staying here: A group of homosexuals and a group of New Agers. It makes for some...

Travel far, travel deep

Written by Seth Barnes on November 7, 2008. Posted in Journeys. 9 Comments on Travel far, travel deep

Do you like your nest, or are you a traveler? Traveling does something to you. The process of moving changes you, like it or not. G.K. Chesterton said, “The whole object of...

Brokenness helps you to run faster

Written by Seth Barnes on November 6, 2008. Posted in Abandon. 9 Comments on Brokenness helps you to run faster

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