03.20.2025 – Parenting – 7 Comments on Take Your Kids on a Family Mission Trip Take Your Kids on a Family Mission Trip In 2002, our oldest child, Talia, was graduating high school. Whatever final touches we wanted to put on the pare…
03.13.2025 – Better Living – 8 Comments on 7 Questions To Improve Your Marriage 7 Questions To Improve Your Marriage My wife Karen is a therapist who sees a lot of couples whose relationship is in trouble. They are struggling and …
03.06.2025 – Refugees & Crisis, Short-term missions North Carolina Digs Out From Hurricane – You Can Help! Justin Rhodes took a video as Hurricane Helene threatened to wash away his family’s home and farm. A river raged …
02.27.2025 – Culture and Faith Am I a Cultural Christian? One of the questions I’ve wrestled with for much of my life is “What is a Christian?” America is known as a “Chri…
02.20.2025 – Leadership How Do I Know When to Take Action? I’m weird – I spend a lot of time reflecting, but I also tend to make quick decisions. I find that God often spea…
Evening ministry chaos on my project Short-term missions Well, there is just time enough for a quick post before whisking away my bride to a romantic restaurant. OK, for those of you interested in my thoughts on mi…
Sethbarnes.com “greatest hits” Blog Community I used to have a list of my favorite blog posts on the left sidebar. It’s just how the blog arrived – with the favorite blogs section built in. But upon refl…
A Season of Forgiveness Living Free A year ago my father died. I was at his bedside for that last terrible week when, one by one, his bodily systems began to sign off and shut down. Befo…
