My son Seth, having graduated from college, is in the Philippines on the World Race. We raised him to believe the Bible and try to do the things that ...
Clint Bokelman emailed me from Africa this month. He kept running into young Europeans enjoying their gap year in Marrakesh. Employers have found that...
After a year repeating Magellan's feat - circumnavigating the globe - our first-born daughter, Talia, has returned home. To have her back is poign...
We were sitting with Dave S. in downtown Hong Kong last week when Dave said something so unsettling I had to stop him and ask him for an explanation. ...
Today is Thanksgiving, and here in the Barnes house, we are grateful for so much. Having Talia and Estie home is reason enough to give thanks, but we ...
I have several married men and about five young men whom I disciple - Jeff Goins is one. (Incidentally - I count on them to seek me out - I can't trac...
I met Richard Rohr at a retreat center in Atlanta for an extended conversation in 2006. I'd read a few of his books and found his insights profound. M...
Henry Nouwen says, "Those who are marginal in the world are central in the Church, and that is how it is supposed to be! "Thus, we are called a...
By now you've seen the news reports - the YWAM shooter, Matthew Murray, was kicked out of a missionary training program five years ago for strange beh...
Let me tell you about my daughter, Leah. She's our youngest child. She turns 18 this week and we're celebrating her life. Yesterday, dressed to kill, ...
