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It’s mid-December and I’m sitting in a hot, humble living room in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. I’m wearing new shoes, blue slacks, my lucky tie, and a white short sleeve dress shirt that still smells like JCPenney and the food court.  I’m also wearing that iconic black tag with my name and the name […]

Like so many members and friends of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I was heartbroken by the passing of Elder W. Mark Bassett. As tributes from around the world have poured into social and mainstream media, and with his funeral now concluded, I’ve been reflecting on an experience from January 2021, when […]

In a previous Church communications calling, I asked hundreds of missionaries a simple question: “What do you want from members? I mean, what do you really want?” Their answers were surprisingly consistent. They did not speak first about referrals, rides or additional dinner appointments. They shared candidly a desire to feel loved and linked to the members […]

April 17 Ron’s June 17 The next day, Frank moved much of his operation to the back room of Good Yarn like it was a field office. Kim’s stockroom was small. A folding table, two metal shelves of overstock, a mini fridge she had bought at a yard sale and never cleaned. Frank had pushed […]

April 16 Ron’s June 16 Frank Crapo sat at the composing desk at the Pax River Daily Patriot just before midnight and tried to write a weather forecast. June 16. High of seventy-eight. Partly cloudy. Chance of afternoon thunderstorms. He’d pulled the numbers from a ten-year average on a weather website Annie’s friend showed him […]

April 11, 2026 Ron opened his eyes at 2:10 in the afternoon. Annie almost missed it. She’d been sitting in the chair beside his bed for four days, and the rhythm of the machines had become background music she’d stopped hearing. Beep. Drip. Hiss. Beep. Drip. Hiss. She was reading a paperback novel she’d bought […]

The Final 4th of Sergeant Drummond will be released in free chapters online throughout April, culminating in a live event on Independent Bookstore Day at Bonfire Bookstore and Yarnery in Woodstock, Virginia. WOODSTOCK, Va., March 4, 2026 — New York Times bestselling author Jason Wright is launching his newest novel, The Final 4th of Sergeant […]

April 7, 2026 Annie knew something was wrong before she reached the front door. Two paramedics were coming out of Meadow View. One spoke into the radio on his shoulder. The other held the door, looking back inside. Annie ran. The hallway outside Room 14 was chaotic. Three nurses. An aide Annie didn’t recognize. A […]

April 6, 2026 The bell above the door sounded different when you were nervous. Annie had been in Good Yarn exactly once, three days ago, with the Sergeant. That time she’d been focused on him. Watching for the curb, the door frame, the narrow aisle between yarn baskets. She hadn’t really appreciated the place. Now […]

Easter celebrates the single most important event in human history: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Church’s “Love, Share, Invite” initiative reminds us that sharing the gospel doesn’t require a pulpit, a formal lesson or perfect timing. It often happens through sincere, everyday moments […]