Jeannette Wheeler is in Nicaragua and just posted this great blog. We need to identify with the poor . We need to put ourselves in their shoes (if t...
Yesterday's blog was about the disturbing situation in Swaziland, a country spiraling downward at an alarming rate. Our ministry is responding.�...
Remember the blog I recently wrote about that lady we visited in the shack who was dying of AIDS? I just got an email that she died. And so it g...
Karen and I have a great marriage and I hope you do too or will one day. Marriage should be an institution that brings joy and life to our lives. ...
It's 1:19 a.m. and I've been going strong all day. And I'm thinking about what to do about this pattern I'm in. Maybe I need to make some changes ...
When I first started going on short-term mission trips in 1975, I was an oddball. No one knew what to make of a high school student going off to Gua...
It's mid-July, season of family vacations (complete with assorted small cousins and siblings). I am on one in Santa Barbara. Every morning a blank...
Just came across this story about a missionary in South America in the mid-twentieth century. We need more Sophie Mullers, people willing to commi...
A few days ago, I shared a blog from Tara Bruce about why she and her husband decided to go on the World Race. They are on a team comprised solely of ...
Here I am at the annual Barnes family reunion (this year in Santa Barbara, CA). Something about reunions has the potential to spark great nostalgia ...
