Pure Gold… Who Needs Simone Biles Anyway

August 12, 2016

Our attention was riveted to the coverage of the Summer Olympics as Simone Biles raced across the mat to perform a masterful Floor Exercise routine. The speed, height and precision of her routine invoked the appropriate gasps in the room… until the words of Rowan interrupted the performance. Rowan is my grandson; a three-year-old this […]

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A Timely Reminder

August 8, 2016

(The following is an encore Fragment.  Although written and published some time ago, I hope that it refreshes your soul today.) I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.  ~ (John 10:10) I’ve been to rental car counters a great deal over the last eleven years.  But recently, at Midway Airport in […]

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Vulnerability Unlocked and Unleashed

July 29, 2016

It’s a bit of a tradition for Mary and me. We travel the 70 miles from our house to Quaker Ridge Camp in Woodland Park, Colorado. It’s a refreshing, inspiring and humbling glimpse into the impact of our YFC Camp strategy and the relational investment made by so many leaders across to country into the […]

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The Test Doesn’t Qualify Us – It Exposes Us

July 22, 2016

For the next several weeks, I will be utilizing the chapters of a book called Give Life that was published by Youth For Christ USA several years ago. It chronicles a bit of our journey in this incredible and wonderful 72-year-old mission… I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in […]

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Welcome to the Road of Life With No Exits

July 15, 2016

For the next several weeks, I will be utilizing the chapters of a book called Give Life that was published by Youth For Christ USA several years ago. It chronicles a bit of our journey in this incredible and wonderful 72-year-old mission… “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; […]

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Obedience Escorts Us to Venues God Ordains

July 8, 2016

For the next several weeks, I will be utilizing the chapters of a book called Give Life that was published by Youth For Christ USA several years ago. It chronicles a bit of our journey in this incredible and wonderful 72-year-old mission… It was an honor to speak at the Kansas Prayer Breakfast. The event […]

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God Didn’t Want Space on Our Refrigerator

July 1, 2016

For the next several weeks, I will be utilizing the chapters of a book that got published by Youth For Christ USA several years ago. It chronicles a bit of our journey in this incredible and wonderful journey… Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, you who are blessed by my […]

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Confessions of a College Knitter

June 24, 2016

I’m not sure precisely when I learned to knit, or why… but early in my college life, on one of my visits back to Wheaton, Illinois, I got enough training to be dangerous. It happened at a local knitting shop, which propelled me. I was armed with two very large plastic needles and a connection […]

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“Ask what I shall give you”

June 17, 2016

Who wouldn’t love an invitation like this… “Ask what I shall give you.” Most especially when these words come from the lips of God. Wisdom was Solomon’s choice, and God both commended and rewarded his selection. Fast forward to the twelve disciples, living and learning in the shadow of their rabbi. From Jesus. Only once […]

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Lessons from Detention

June 10, 2016

There are a lot of reasons why one of our staff members who works with incarcerated young people might get a call from the local Detention Center. The competence and confidence that years of faithful engagement brings engenders a level of trust that makes our Youth For Christ staff member a part of the team. […]

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