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Today is Estie's 22nd birthday. In 1986, Karen and I were in a Charlottesville park at a cookout with our business school friends. Karen is a small-fr...
Happy Easter, people! Thru the magic of the internet, I've come to care about many of you whom I've never met, but who regularly read this blog. So wh...
It's been an interesting trip to Peru - we've seen such pain in the faces of the earthquake victims, yet we have a real shot at bringing hope to their...
This morning I fly out to Peru with our next World Race team. Tomorrow we'll drive to Chincha, a town where the suffering from the earthquake that ...
Yesterday, I blogged about why I raise support for a living. Karen and I have about 40 people who regularly give to our support. Many give sacrificial...
It's the last day of the year. It's so important in the hurly-burly of modern life that we take time to look back and reflect on what has happened to ...
I hope you had a good Christmas. We sure did - entertaining a number of visitors. Unfortunately, visiting Gainesville these days ain't what it used ...
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...
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, ...
9:02 a.m., EST. Three hours ago, a neighbor's home was set on fire and changed the course of my morning. It gave me an unwelcome opportunity to exe...
