For a bar girl in Southeast Asia to leave her bar can be dangerous. She leaves her source of income. Most don't have any place to go. She may face ret...
It's a season of connecting with those you love and those you missed. As for me, I fell in love with three new people this past year. Yes, I ...
Merry Christmas 2014 from the Barnes! Every Christmas I depart from the usual blog-fare to share from my personal life. Here's the latest installme...
It's a new year. Time marches on. The world changes. What about us will change? What new level will we go to? Wherever we are at with God, it's safe ...
I'm in Thailand, "land of smiles." Sleep came easily after the long flight. But I've had dreams. I don't often dream about words, but this time I did....
Have you ever felt as though you are more messed up inside than other people? The truth is, we're all messed up. All of us are broken in ways...
"Your church, even if it’s one of the rare growing ones, is sitting on a ticking time bomb. The exodus of the Millennials do not look good for a...
This week I'm at the Sundance Film Festival. The films are interesting, Park City is beautiful and a lot of beautiful people are here. You bump into...
My day job is to lead Adventures in Missions and 2014 was a great year. Here's a report on what happened last year. Here are the winners of our rece...
God designed us human beings as communal creatures. We need one another - we need connection and encouragement just to make it through life. That's ...
