Author: Seth Barnes

Giving God a year of your life

Written by Seth Barnes on November 14, 2007. Posted in World Race. No Comments on Giving God a year of your life

Just sent this to all friends and supporters of the World Race and wanted to share with you. We’d really appreciate your help in distributing this to your networks. Our office...

The Church often wounds us deeply

Written by Seth Barnes on November 13, 2007. Posted in Church. 6 Comments on The Church often wounds us deeply

Who hasn’t been let down by the Church? Who hasn’t had expectations of a people that practice 1 Corinthians 13-type love and then been somehow shunned or even worse,...

We’re all messed up and need prayer for healing

Written by Seth Barnes on November 12, 2007. Posted in Dealing with junk in our lives. 7 Comments on We’re all messed up and need prayer for healing

We arrived safely in Hong Kong for the World Race debrief. I slept enough on the plane to make a 7 a.m. appointment. Karen and I have a crazy week ahead of us – three team...

The shout

Written by Seth Barnes on November 11, 2007. Posted in Courage. 2 Comments on The shout

From Andrew Shearman: When Jesus walked down the road, a blind man called Bartimaeus shouted out for help. He had a revelation of who Jesus is: “Son of David!” Not Jesus...

My worst project – Lesson 4: Poor team preparation

Written by Seth Barnes on November 10, 2007. Posted in Short-term missions. 3 Comments on My worst project – Lesson 4: Poor team preparation

This morning (I’m typing this at stinkin’ 6 a.m. – that’s how committed to you guys I am), Karen and I are flying off to Hong Kong to debrief Talia and her...

My worst project – Lesson 3: Poor planning

Written by Seth Barnes on November 9, 2007. Posted in Short-term missions. No Comments on My worst project – Lesson 3: Poor planning

Continued from My worst project – Lesson 2: Not matching setup to the expectations It was the summer of 1988 and there we were in the steamy Yucatan Peninsula. The 110 students...

My worst project – Lesson 2: Not matching setup to the expectations

Written by Seth Barnes on November 8, 2007. Posted in Short-term missions. 4 Comments on My worst project – Lesson 2: Not matching setup to the expectations

Continued from My worst project – Lesson 1: Picking the wrong leaders Because I delegated setup to Henry, I put myself at the mercy of his “no problem” approach....

An arsonist hits my neighborhood

Written by Seth Barnes on November 7, 2007. Posted in My Life. 7 Comments on An arsonist hits my neighborhood

9:02 a.m., EST. Three hours ago, a neighbor’s home was set on fire and changed the course of my morning. It gave me an unwelcome opportunity to exercise grace. As I made my...

My worst project – Lesson 1: Picking the wrong leaders

Written by Seth Barnes on November 6, 2007. Posted in Short-term missions. 1 Comment on My worst project – Lesson 1: Picking the wrong leaders

Continued from 5 Lessons from my worst short-term mission project I saw Heidi Neulander in Newport News recently. She’s in her 30’s now, but she was just 14 when she...

5 Lessons from my worst short-term mission project

Written by Seth Barnes on November 5, 2007. Posted in Short-term missions. 1 Comment on 5 Lessons from my worst short-term mission project

I was 29 and was leading my first short-term mission project. Henry had gone on ahead of me to set up the project at the beach-side camp called Porvenir in the Yucatan peninsula. I...

The price that must be paid

Written by Seth Barnes on November 4, 2007. Posted in Eswatini / Swaziland. 2 Comments on The price that must be paid

We sent Gary to Las Vegas last week to visit the Call in Las Vegas to explore possible partnerships with the World Race. The trip meant a lot to Gary on several levels, but his story...

Are you the person you want to be?

Written by Seth Barnes on November 3, 2007. Posted in Radical Living. 2 Comments on Are you the person you want to be?

In Wrecked for the Ordinary, an online magazine we started back in January of this year with the purpose of waking up a generation to the abundant life, Casey Milleson writes about...

How to find a mentor

Written by Seth Barnes on November 2, 2007. Posted in Spiritual Coaching. 5 Comments on How to find a mentor

This is the third in a series on how to find a mentor. Yesterday, my own son, Seth, in Cambodia with the World Race, wrote this comment: “I decided about a month ago to look...

How I found a mentor

Written by Seth Barnes on November 1, 2007. Posted in Spiritual Coaching. 2 Comments on How I found a mentor

After misfiring three times in my search for a mentor, I pursued a man whom I’d heard speak in church several years earlier. When I first approached Andrew Shearman at a Shoney’s...

What’s the difference between a mentor and a spiritual coach?

Written by Seth Barnes on October 31, 2007. Posted in Spiritual Coaching. 8 Comments on What’s the difference between a mentor and a spiritual coach?

Finding a mentor is not a complicated proposition, but finding a spiritual coach usually is. The reason is that mentors help people acquire competencies, whereas spiritual coaches...

We all abandon something

Written by Seth Barnes on October 30, 2007. Posted in Abandon. 4 Comments on We all abandon something

God, speaking thru Jeremiah, said a lot of provocative things; this for example: “I will forsake my house,abandon my inheritance;I will give the one I loveinto the hands of...

Buddhist monks asking about women & love

Written by Seth Barnes on October 29, 2007. Posted in Missions. 3 Comments on Buddhist monks asking about women & love

What do you think of when you see a picture of a monk in a saffron-colored robe? Whatever our thoughts, we probably have more in common with them than we realize. Human beings are...

Transition moments cause growth

Written by Seth Barnes on October 28, 2007. Posted in Spiritual Formation. 4 Comments on Transition moments cause growth

Life is usually lived in transition moments, in between the “big things.” When I graduated college, my wife Karen and I got married and moved to Indonesia for a year...

Admitting my own mistakes

Written by Seth Barnes on October 27, 2007. Posted in Living Free. 4 Comments on Admitting my own mistakes

In the nineties, there was a phrase that surfaced in pop culture and was made famous by athletes – “my bad.” Those two little words represented a shift away from...

How to be a radical in suburbia

Written by Seth Barnes on October 26, 2007. Posted in Radical Living. 3 Comments on How to be a radical in suburbia

You have to find your center each day. You have to detox and recalibrate. Create a space in your schedule and in your home where you can be quiet. Ask more questions about the “you”...

Cambodian orphans just wrecked me today

Written by Seth Barnes on October 25, 2007. Posted in Cambodia. 3 Comments on Cambodian orphans just wrecked me today

The cry of a little orphan stopped me in my tracks this morning and put my busy life in perspective. I thought about it the whole time I was out jogging. Here’s why: I clicked...

Burma struggles to breathe

Written by Seth Barnes on October 24, 2007. Posted in Missions. 3 Comments on Burma struggles to breathe

World Racer, Stephanie Fisk, wrote about ethnic cleansing in Burma. When I was in college, God woke me up to the needs of the world thru injustices in East Asia, and it seems that...

Waking up to destiny

Written by Seth Barnes on October 23, 2007. Posted in World Race. 3 Comments on Waking up to destiny

I’m a firm believer that most people need to see others doing something before they’ll believe it works. That’s why when I send an email sharing about the World...

The World Race is in the media

Written by Seth Barnes on October 22, 2007. Posted in World Race. 1 Comment on The World Race is in the media

It’s been a good week for challenging young people to go to the nations. This past weekend, Gary Black spoke to thousands at The Call in Las Vegas. Gary used to speak at events...