50. Two score and 10. Half a century. L. However you phrase it, I become all those things today, and it's nice to have this one day, when you stand ON TOP of …
The Most Unpleasant Pilgrim in Weeks
(Blogger's Note: This is a sidebar exerpt from my book draft #PilgrimStrong, an account of my 500-mile pilgrimage across Spain on the Camino de …
Did I Just Do That?
(Blogger's Note: This is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of my book in the works, #PilgrimStrong, based on my experience of pilgrimage on the Camino …
Two Lists of 10: New Post-Camino Commitments to Myself
“Do you know why people are prone to make such foolish moral decisions? Because something always whispers to us that our situations are unique: Nobody has ever …
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Post Camino: What Now???
Home (T +2 days). 3:30 a.m., and my body still thinks it's 10:30 a.m. and time to stop for a papa tortilla and a cold San Miguel. Oh the humanity. …
The Truth About What You Hallow
(Blogger's Note: I'll create a second video journal tomorrow about preparing for pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. It will be published here on the blog, …
The Truth About Your Situational Identity
I hate catching myself as a hypocrite. It happened just yesterday. When Dana and I realized some time ago that the corporate world is really no place for …
The Truth about Walking by Faith
I spent the first 45 years of my life literally drowning. Driven by a fear of failure, I was drowning in control issues, constantly working …
The Truth of My Uncertainty
Today marks a milestone day in my preparation for pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. I am six weeks out from departure. From the moment the thought entered …
How to Lose an Election: Arkansas Senate District 21
Who would've thought the national public mood would have reared its head so prominently yesterday in a little race for the state Senate in Northeast …
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House Hunters International in Puerto Cayo, Ecuador: The Inside Info
Remember the pop-up videos on VH1? I enjoyed those little factoids and tidbits because they revealed things you'd never know, even if you watched a hundred …
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House Hunters International in Ecuador: Answers to the Questions
(Blogger's Note: The House Hunters International episode featuring our home buying experience in Ecuador will air this Thursday night at 9:30 Central on …
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Surveying Our Junk Drawer
It looks innocent enough, its facade identical to all the others, appearing perfect in both form and function. Few, very few, know its secrets, for they are …
9/1/2013 All Are Welcome
A thoughtful and insightful post about "servant-hood" from a talented fellow blogger who sees beyond the surface. Well done. …
To the Candidates for Arkansas’ Disgraced State Senate Seat
So several of you are thinking about, or say you are in the running for the Arkansas State Senate District 21 seat. Contrary to many media headlines, it's not, …
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Linda Benya “Breathes in Freedom” on House Hunters International
(Blogger's Note: This is the second in a series of stories about the experience Dana and I had filming with HGTV's House Hunters International. The show, …
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House Hunters International: How We Got On
(Blogger's Note: For four days during late March and early April, Dana and I filmed with House Hunters International, for an episode that's coming up on HGTV in …
When the News is for Sale
In journalism, it's the equivalent of selling your soul to the devil. Or just not giving a damn. Not that it doesn't happen all around, every single day. You …
On God and Suicide
I've spent a good part of my life wondering what God thinks about certain things. When I was a kid, I wondered what God thought about all the bad things I did. …
Goodbye, Ecuador. For a Time.
It's time to go home. One hundred days that Dana and I have been in Ecuador now. Beginning today at 10 a.m., we'll drive an hour to Manta, take a domestic …