Seth Barnes

A broken world , Dealing with junk in our lives

We Need Leaders Who Have Experienced Brokenness

To be broken by God is to be made useful. It’s to have your independence and need to control stripped away until all you have left to offer is a wil...

Missions

2 More Movies to Show the Heart of God

Earlier I shared a couple of movies that have encouraged me to better understand God's heart for the world. This week, here are a couple more: Chariot...

My Life

Finding Your Spiritual Roots

What are your spiritual roots? Who helped the person who was most helpful to you in your spiritual journey?My Mom led me to Christ when I was nine yea...

My Life

My Moms Music

Thinking about what I'll miss about my mom, I wrote this poem about her music. I leave you with the question - what role did your mom play in th...

My Mom's Technicolor Life

My mom, Jean Barnes, died on June 30, 2025, at 91 years old, after a long, scrappy fight with dementia. She was a live wire, living a great story from...

missionaries

4 Movies to Show You God's Heart for the World

God has a heart for the world. The Bible says, "He is not willing that any should perish." And so, he has drafted those of us who have chosen...

Blog Community

Introducing: A New Web Page!

20 years ago, the ministry I serve with, Adventures.org, pioneered a new way of communicating God's stories from around the globe. We built a blog sit...

Comfort and Pain

Do Hard Things

The path forward seemed so hard. My dream was to start Adventures.org, but it seemed impossible. Karen was pregnant with our fifth child (Talia, o...

Redemption

How To Start Over

Although a lot of voters are in post-election mourning, most of us are at least thrilled to get the election over with. Both candidates saw the co...

Colin Sullivan - Here's what a passionate believer looks like

Two years ago, just months after returning from his World Race, Colin Sullivan had a fatal accident on a motorcycle. Colin was an amazing youn...