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We live in a season of falling expectations. We doubt that our future will be as good as our past. Unemployment is persistently high. We know we've sp...
Do you struggle to make the transition from work to home? I certainly have on occasion. At work, my calendar is full and the authority lines are clear...
My dad's best friend when he lived in Long Beach was Jim Baker. Like my dad, Jim was a pathologist. He did serious work diagnosing people's illnesses....
Life is complicated and busy and needs more parties. I think God loves them. I think heaven is a party. Parties let you switch off the left brain a...
For a while now I've been realizing that there's too little poetry in my life. Too many details, not enough poetry. Poetry is what strums the chor...
Summers mean a change of pace around the Barnes home. We do things slower. I came home from work yesterday and Karen, Emily, and Seth Jr. had an inten...
Outside our kitchen window just now, my neighbor Joseph walked by with a wild turkey he shot in our back yard. Back in the real world, he hasn't worke...
Our friends already knew and loved Joe Bunting (Talia's future husband). We'd welcomed him as an honorary family member last Thanksgiving. It was no...
Just back from 11 days in Romania and Spain. We coached 39 World Racers and taught 20 students at a leadership school. Along the way, we've helped the...
Yesterday I officiated the wedding of Lynette Lee and Arvin Bautista. It had been 30 years since Karen and I stood where they stood. Karen had to c...
