This Can’t Go On…

November 21, 2025

Words mattered. My mom made sure I understood that. Her children, including her youngest, were often more haphazard, flippant, or even mean with language. Periodically—and always timely—I would hear her offer some paraphrase of the American poet Will Carleton’s quote: “Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead; but God Himself can’t kill them once they’re […]

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Veterans Day

November 14, 2025

“Greater love has no one than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 Bruce Cargo was a young man when he walked into the jungles of Vietnam. Thousands of miles from his family in Port Huron, Michigan—surrounded by the confusion of war—Bruce carried the honor of his nation and the […]

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“You’re not the boss of me…”

November 7, 2025

From time to time, as I am reading a passage of Scripture, a memory is triggered and I am instantly transported to a moment in time. Specifically, it was Exodus 40 that provided my ticket for a return trip to Franklin, Tennessee, in the late 1980s. We had moved to a quiet neighborhood in 1987 […]

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Chicken Enchiladas and So Much More

October 30, 2025

There were meals that reached “star status” when our kids were young—recipes that hit the spot time and again. And truthfully, those same dishes still top our family’s list of favorites. Fast forward to Monday night. Mary, who volunteers on the “meal team” at Colorado Community Church, had a family to deliver dinner to. There […]

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The Green Flash

October 24, 2025

Monday afternoon at 3:17 Central Time, Marshall Faith’s lungs waved the white flag of surrender, and with that, he crossed the threshold into eternity. By any account, Marshall lived a full and rich life—96 years, to be exact. There are those individuals for whom a lifetime of years simply isn’t long enough. Marshall fits into […]

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A Question before a Solution

October 24, 2025

I had selected an Airbnb in Quebec City based on pictures, reviews, accessibility to noteworthy landmarks, and availability. What I hadn’t fully explored was the neighborhood in which our lovely apartment was located. It didn’t take long for us to realize that the property lived up to our expectations for comfort and style—and it also […]

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A Post for a Post

October 10, 2025

Often in this more reflective season of my life, I’m asked to recount some of the most difficult leadership moments during my time as President of Youth For Christ USA. That question isn’t hard to answer. I have a list—not a long one, but a list. Many of those moments revolve around being wrongly accused. […]

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God Knows

October 3, 2025

Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? (Psalm 42:11) I’m a “glass half-full” kind of guy—an optimist to the core. But right now, my vocabulary is most accurately aligned with the Psalmist. I’m sad. At times, discouraged. That’s a really hard thing for an optimist to say. But it’s also a very […]

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“But Mostly It’s About…”

September 19, 2025

I wrote this Fragment ten years ago… but it feels more relevant than ever in 2025. Desmond is now a freshman in high school. It was just about bedtime, but Desmond had a specific hankering for a little cereal to wrap up his day. He sat beside me and wrestled the elusive flakes onto his […]

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The Full Weight of Love

September 12, 2025

In 1964, Stan Guillaume became my brother-in-law. For sixty-one years, he has been an important part of my life—wise, kind, committed to Christ, and a wonderful companion to my sister Ruth. Mary Gayle became my sister-in-law in August of 1977. It was a wedding in Ottawa, Canada, where she was from. Together, she and Sam […]

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