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Blog reader Mark Lucas commented to me how much he enjoyed the rooster story I wrote about last week. It made me think, "Barnes, you're too serious, y...
One of my rituals is to read the World Race blogs every day. Yesterday, Alissa Gibson shared something about roosters that reminded me so much of a st...
We'd finished the Sunday service in the Chiapas village and eaten the cow that they'd butchered and cooked up for the whole village to eat. I remember...
Mel Gibson's new movie "Apocalypto" is set in the steamy green Mayan jungle, as exotic a setting as you'll find anywhere in the world. This morning we...
It's been crazy busy around here. The holidays were great, but slightly chaotic, not unlike what many of you probably experienced. But add to the norm...
OK, folks. I know you can hardly wait. Here are the early returns from this morning. The kids (now 17, 18, 20, 21, 23) were up at 6:30 a.m. - nothing'...
How we decorated our tree. Even our cat, Chloe got into the act, presenting this odd little ornament on the doorstep.
Tonight Karen and I celebrate 26 years of marriage. Wow - I never thought I'd live this long or experience this much in life, and in the middle of...
In our society that so prizes independence, one does well to hang onto friends. We've been hanging onto the Watsons for 19 years now. When we l...
I didn't want to become a church shopper - it happened to us through a series of church blow-ups over 20 years in seven churches. A few lessons: 1....
