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, ...
This is the third blog about the vicarious pain that my son, Seth, and his team are going thru in the Philippines. We all need to get to brokenness if...
Blog reader Brent Howard wrote this comment on my blog a while ago: "As a soon-to-be 40 year old father of two, accounting manager (no geek glasse...
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...
A year and a half ago, I posted a blog about God raising people from the dead. It was one of those blogs that got an inordinate amount of traffic. It'...
Max Depree in his wonderful little book, Leadership is an Art, asks this provocative question: What makes you weep? This post yesterday from my son, S...
Christmas 2007 at the Barnes house Yes, the festivities are underway here this morning. Here the Barnes girls are waiting in their pajamas on t...
The following story happened to me in 1991. I've written a book of stories like this one called "Revolution of the Broken Heart." One day maybe I'll p...
