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We can sing a rainbow 27 Aug 2013 | 02:46 am
I'm in that giddy state that comes after something you've been dreading is over, and it turned out not nearly as bad as you'd thought. In this case the anxiety-inducing event was a devotional I di...
Come walk with me 23 Aug 2013 | 09:26 pm
The ever-changing field near the river. I have a 15-minute walk to work every morning. Today's was particularly interesting, what with me stepping out the door and immediately getting into a disc...
Back home to the happy faces and sad stories 21 Aug 2013 | 03:09 am
My heart is breaking for neighbours of ours here in Copan Ruinas, whose teenage son was kidnapped 21 days ago while Paul and I were holidaying in Canada and the U.S. The family has yet to rece...
Just because you saw it on Facebook doesn't make it true 30 Jul 2013 | 03:19 am
I love almost everything about Facebook, from the photo-sharing and the cute-animal videos to the free emoticons you can use in your chats. But God help us if Facebook ends up being a news source ...
Five minutes of research could have spared us this uninformed prattle on InSite 23 Jul 2013 | 03:12 am
It almost felt good to experience the righteous rage rising in me this morning when I read that uninformed column by Licia Corbella in the Calgary Herald trying to draw a link between the overdose ...
A hot day for democracy 19 Jul 2013 | 10:07 pm
The Honduran Congreso Nacional came to town yesterday, part of a mobile-meeting plan for the legislative branch of government that gets the politicians out of the capital once in a while to hear ...
The Sound of Sangre: Let's help these guys tell a good story 18 Jul 2013 | 08:07 pm
If you like documentary film, folk music of a very original kind, or Latin America, this project to find a mysterious Honduran band that plays narcocorrido music is worth checking out. The two U...
Feeding the fire in the most dangerous country in the world 17 Jul 2013 | 01:35 am
No one in the world is at greater risk of violent death than a Honduran. Every 73 minutes, a Honduran is murdered in this country. That breathtaking fact not only signifies a tremendous loss of...
The fine line between culture and stagnation 9 Jul 2013 | 12:40 am
Where is the line between cultural differences and bad practices? That question has weighed on me the most in my time in Honduras. A foreigner rightly needs to come into a new country prepar...
Gay rights is part of a development plan too 4 Jul 2013 | 09:41 pm
As crazy as this sounds now, I didn’t think about the existence of gay people until I was 24. My high school class at school had a couple of really great teachers who we all knew had been “roo...
