The Missing Ingredient

December 19, 2025

For over twenty years, Mary and I have lived in our two-story house on Davies Way in Aurora. That’s longer than we’ve ever lived anywhere. In addition to repainting rooms and replacing carpet, we’ve also gotten to know the neighbors around us—specifically, four families. Over the past three years, as my affection for baking has […]

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The Mark of Christmas

December 12, 2025

1 vein.2 arteries. This is what’s contained in an umbilical cord. One vein delivering oxygen and nutrients to the baby in the womb; two arteries carrying waste and low-oxygen blood away. Somewhere between week 4 and week 8 of pregnancy, the umbilical cord forms and begins its vital work. Then, for the remainder of the […]

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Once 13, now 18…

December 5, 2025

Malia. Our oldest grandchild. This week she turns 18. As I’ve reflected on this significant milestone, I was drawn back to a post I wrote five years ago… Saturday was a night of celebration. Malia, our oldest granddaughter, turned 13. A teenager. A beautiful young woman. Her own voice. Her own gifts. Malia. So it […]

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A Rolling Stop?

November 26, 2025

Littered throughout my neighborhood are stop signs. In fact, just about 100 feet north of my driveway is one, and a quarter of a mile south is another—both of which I’ve passed hundreds of times over the last 20 years. While I understand that the octagonal sign says STOP, I seldom feel compelled to do […]

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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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