4th Day Letters

What would change if you knew the exact date your life on earth would end? Would your priorities be different? Would your relationships matter more? Would your faith deepen? Today's message explores the surprising spiritual lesson hidden within a concept called...

Have you ever noticed how we almost always seem to have an explanation for why we did what we did? It was our stress. It was our exhaustion. It was our childhood. It was our spouse. It was social media. It was the full moon. And sometimes, as Christians, we even trace...

Who am I? That question echoes through every human heart. We spend much of our lives trying to answer it through accomplishments, relationships, possessions, politics, religion, or success, all while quietly wondering if anyone truly knows us beneath the masks we...

At one time or another, we have all experienced something blocking our view. Perhaps it was a stop sign behind an overgrown bush, a car coming around a bend you couldn't quite see, or even a fogged windshield during a storm. In moments like that, even ordinary things...

Some Christians look at a bare Cross and see only the wood. Others look at a Crucifix and see the body of Jesus. In both cases, something of the raw reality has been removed. What are we missing? Find out in today's message. For Christians, the Cross stands at the...

Have you ever looked up into the night sky and wondered where you fit in this very large universe? At one time or another, most of us have. One moment we feel like we finally know who we are and where we’re going, and the next moment we feel lost again, searching for...

Over my past fifteen years in this ministry, and countless discussions with Christians around the country, I have discovered that there is something revealed in the Lord’s Supper that many people have never fully noticed. Most of us know exactly what Jesus said during...

If you have ever spent time with a young child or grandchild, you have probably played the simple game called peekaboo. Someone hides their face behind their hands, a blanket, or a pillow. Then suddenly the face appears again, and someone laughs and says, “Peekaboo, I...

Let's face it, at one time or another we've probably all become lost while driving. Most of us don’t get lost because we failed to plan. We get lost because we were so sure we knew the way. Our confidence often shows up just before life gently reminds us who should...

This is one of the most difficult 4th Day Letters I have ever written. I've tried to measure every word carefully. Today, I am writing about suicide. Suicide has felt far too close lately. Within a short span of time, I have experienced a cousin die by suicide, a...