4th Day Letters

Some lives look too damaged to matter. Too marked by failure to be useful. In today’s message, we reflect on a famous artist whose personal life was deeply troubled, yet whose work has helped people encounter Christ for centuries. It is a quiet but powerful reminder...

Most of us carry patterns in our lives that did not begin yesterday. Certain reactions, comforts, preferences, and struggles seem to follow us year after year, even when our desire to grow is sincere. During this season of preparation before Easter, we are invited to...

Many of us have experienced a moment in our faith so powerful, so peaceful, so unmistakably God-filled that we quietly wished it would never end. Perhaps it happened on a retreat, in a quiet hour of prayer, during Lent, or in a season when everything else seemed to...

Tomorrow, February 18, is Ash Wednesday. In many Christian traditions, it marks the beginning of Lent, a season of spiritual preparation leading toward Holy Week and Easter. Some Christians observe Ash Wednesday directly, others do not. But for all believers, this...

Most of us are grateful when road crews prepare for winter storms. Brine on the pavement can mean the difference between safety and danger. But what if something meant to help us in the moment carries hidden effects over time? Today’s message begins with winter...

Have you ever noticed how little our tastes change over time? The foods we loved as children often become lifelong favorites, not because they are the best for us, but because they are familiar. Could the same thing be happening in our spiritual lives? Find out in...

If I were to ask you who you are, how would you respond? Not what you do, not the roles you carry, but who you are at your core. Do any of us really know who we are… I mean, who we really are? Today’s message will likely make you both laugh and ponder. Please read...

In these early weeks of the new year, many of us are already aware of our fits and starts, and we have begun to acknowledge the wounds we carry beneath the surface. It is also worth reflecting on what can happen when those wounds go unaddressed, when coping quietly...

Last week we reflected on the fits and starts of the Christian life, those uneven rhythms where we walk closely with the Lord for a time, then realize we have been following at a distance. This week, it’s worth lingering with what often lies beneath those moments of...

Have you ever heard someone use the expression, fits and starts? Most often it’s used to describe something that doesn’t move forward smoothly. A car that won’t quite turn over on a cold morning. A new fitness routine, a home project, or a diet we begin with good...