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Parenting , Faith & risk , Courage

Parents - Your Kids Need You to Trust Them More

Last night I was on a Zoom call with some young adults who I got to know four years ago. We began the call catching up with one another. The first gu...

a great story , Culture and Faith , Journeys , ...

Faith Across Borders: A Mission to the Schools of Isernia

Next week, twenty-seven students and four leaders will scatter across the Atlantic, carrying stories of hope to a land rich in history but weary in sp...

Intergenerational connection

Helping Gen Z Find Their Greatness

We are witnessing a silent crisis in slow motion — a generation brimming with potential, quietly unraveling. More Gen Z young adults are dying by s...

Improving yourself

What to do with bad self-talk

This morning, playing pickleball, I hit the ball into the net. "Barnes! What are you doing?!" I exclaimed. The stuff going on in my head was ...

journey

Launching Journey School: An Alternative to College

Higher education in America is a scandal.It's too costly, saddling students with debt.The lectures in its classrooms are boring.Students need mentors ...

Education

The College Experience of Your Dreams

What if I told you there was a way for you to have the college experience of your dreams without going into debt? What if it was an experience where y...

Dealing with junk in our lives

What is the Greatest Regret of Your Life?

Mom died a month ago. Reflecting on her life, I'm thankful she lived without regrets. She was hard to embarrass and realized that the pain of regret w...

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...