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Second story about horses that have died on our property Wow, two horse stories in a row in this normally contemplative blog. Don't worry, we'll re...
Back when our girls were growing up, we parents had to find a strategy to distract them from guys as long as possible. Fortunately, they discovered ho...
Dave Iglesias and I have been buddies since freshman year of college at Wheaton 27 years ago.Every year we get together somewhere in the world to have...
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'...