Author: Seth Barnes
In my family, we are approaching a generational shift. Most of my parents’ generation has died or is dying. Along the way, we get to look at different ways of doing funerals....
Kilby’s 10 Principles and Rhythms to Live By
All of us need principles and rhythms to live by lest we miss what’s most important. Clyde Kilby was an English professor who compiled the following list of 10.
His student,...
Shouldn’t Churches Do Better at Identity Issues Than Venmo?
Do you have identity issues? If so, welcome to the party. Blockchain technology may be bringing a new era of security online, but who gives us security about our identity...
It’s Time For A Women’s Movement in Africa
One reason that Swaziland has had the highest AIDS rate in Africa is that the men abuse the women and get away with it. Often it’s their own family members – how can...
If You’re Broken, There’s a Way Out: Get to Brokenness
My own messy life left me with two options:
Cover it up – build some work-arounds that allow me to schlepp along.
Go through the pain and see what it has to teach me.
I chose...
5 Steps to Becoming a Missionary
Austin Wesson and Rebekah Bouma met as young missionaries. Tragically, they got married and died on their honeymoon a year ago. And it leaves us with the question, who will take...
How I Wrote 3000 Blogs: A Few Ideas
I’ve been blogging since 2005. And it’s not been easy. Often it’s felt like drudgery.
Starting in ’06, I began blogging every day. A few years ago, I moved...
How Much Rest Do You Really Need?
I woke up this morning thankful for a good night’s rest. But many of you reading this struggled to get the sleep you need.
Everything in nature has an organic rhythm built...
How To Know If You’re Called to a Journey or a Destination
If you like to travel, to go on a journey, there’s no better time to be alive. Catching a flight or renting a place in some exotic destination has never been easier. But that...
3 Steps to Discovering Your Superpower
We all have one. But most of us struggle to understand what it is or how to deploy it. In the age of options, we dabble. In a FOMO-afflicted generation, we lack the commitment that...
5 Lessons For Millennial Men From the Greatest Generation
We often hear about the struggles of millennial males. They could learn something from their great grandfathers (taken from The Art of Manliness,...
Mission Trips That Make a Difference vs Volunteer Tourism
I’ve spent over 30 years trying to help people do short-term missions in a way that is beneficial to both those hosting the missionaries as well as the missionaries themselves....
How To Get More Poetry Into Your Life
As I’ve gotten older, a sad, almost imperceptible thing began to happen. I began to lose touch with the poetry in my life. Poetry has a way of connecting you to deep truth....
20 Life Hacks To Find Peace In A Too-Busy World
How do we survive this too-busy world in which we live? Allie Lousch is a friend with uncommon insight. She gives us 20 life hacks that help.
Below is a sampling of small bits of...
How To Stop A Mob In Its Tracks
Kailey Mattarella is a racer in India. She shared this story. I probably wouldn’t have responded as she did, but I love her response. How would you respond to the situation...
5 Ways to End Loneliness
Are you lonely? Apparently more and more of us are these days. I just read this headline:
New Cigna Study Reveals Loneliness at Epidemic Levels in America
Nearly half...
Why We Need to Stop For the One
All around us, people have needs. Some are more obvious than others and some we may be equipped to meet – to make a difference in their lives. The question is, will we stop...
Boomer Journeys – Discovering an Exciting Life
We baby boomers grew up in the ’60’s, a time of rebellion. We were raised by parents who remembered the horror of war and thought in terms of duty. They told us what...
You Were Called to Be a Liberator – How To Set Captives Free
Just outside Granada, Nicaragua, is a jail. And the first thing you see when you walk in is a cage crammed with as many as 90 prisoners. They live there exposed to the elements....
World Racer Saves a Life on Everest Base Camp
Climbing Everest is not a part of the World Race. But we encourage Racers to find adventure wherever they go. One team took advantage of their time in Nepal by hiking to Everest...
The Only Thing That Counts
What is important in life?
The Bible has something to say about that: “The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” (Gal. 5:6)
How does...
What Can Kill Your Kingdom Dream
Insofar as a dream is an idea that could one day become a reality, God is a dreamer and He loves to share His dreams. He visits us through our dreams and He invites us into...
Church Should Be Helping Us With Our Identity Issues
Facebook is in the news this morning. They are reeling from allegations that they have gone too far. But so many other organizations are on a similar quest – all around us...
It’s Hard to be Human
It’s a hard thing to be human, to be vulnerable and accessible. I was reading an interview with Elon Musk in Rolling Stone Magazine. Musk is a man who is changing the...