Provoke me to dare more boldly
Uche Izuora is a Nigerian missionary to the Sudan. That's a tough place to minister, but Uche is tougher. He and I have been corresponding for sev...
Fighting your enemy
Demonic attacks like computer viruses
People sometimes ask me about if I ever expected AIM to grow as it has and how did it happen? On a practical level, one of the keys has been the brill...
Leadership
How do you hire great people?
In general, in ministry, we do as bad or worse in hiring people as those in business do. If we followed Jesus' model of walking with people before s...
Missions photos
Photo Contest: Some awesome entries already
With 274 submissions to our photo contest in the first two weeks, we're off to a good start! There are three judges. They are all-stars. One of them i...
Parenting
An out-of-control mom
A lot of parents need to get a life. Some are WAY too involved in their children's lives. It leads to crazy dysfunctional behavior when they become ad...
Community and Covenant
What we learned about community this year
Karen and I are debriefing our World Race team in Kiev. What an experience it's been! Thirty-two 20-somethings have spent a year going around the worl...
My Life
My Ukraine twitter experience so far
Realtime updates from Ukraine. Follow me here: http://twitter.com/SethBarnes and search: #sethUKR SethBarnesBack from our adventure to Crimea. Sp...
Kingdom Reality
Mail-order bride capital of the world
What former Soviet Republic leads the world in mail-order brides, alcoholism, and depression? If you guessed Moldova, a failed nation-state that is we...
Missions
Toya Mac: Mobilizing African Americans to reach Africa
Spring has passed in Georgia, and we at AIM are entering the busiest season of the year. I catch myself sometimes worrying about the future and where ...
Culture and Faith
Kris Allen's Land of Smiles
This is a season of entropy; the economy is sliding and the moral fabric is fraying in our angst-ridden society. So when Kris Allen won American Idol ...
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