4th Day Letters

Newborn babies are self-focused. They cry when they are hungry, need attention, or need to be changed. Toddlers are naturally selfish and must be taught to share. Our “I”-ness often lingers into adulthood. Becoming Christ-like is a lifelong process of trying to get...

Ten of us, all strangers, were sitting around a campfire in Adirondack chairs. I was engaged in a deep, emotional, and spiritually moving conversation with the couple on my right. During the conversation the woman said to me, “God wanted me to meet you. I needed to...

Jesus tells us that healthy people do not need a physician, but sick people do. Spiritually speaking, we are all sick people. Jesus came to heal the sick and call us to repentance. Now is an ideal time for a spiritual checkup. Schedule your physical today. Please read...

In the Old Testament, Job asks, “Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery?” He goes on to say, “So I have been assigned months of misery, and troubled nights have been allotted to me.” At some point in life, I believe we can all relate to Job. We all have a longing in...

In chapter six of Mark’s Gospel, we read that Jesus was unable to perform mighty deeds in his native place. We are told that Jesus was amazed at their lack of faith. Is our own limited faith hindering the mighty deeds the Lord has planned for our life? Let’s take a...

One day Charlie received a notification from the local zoo. He had been chosen out of a large group of applicants to raise a baby gorilla that was abandoned by his mother at birth. Charlie was thrilled. Find out what Charlie and his pet gorilla have to do with you and...

Have you ever had the impression that sacrificial blood was flowing everywhere in the Bible? In Old Testament times, animals were always being sacrificed. The aroma of a Texas Bar-B-Q must have been wafting through the air at all times. Discover why this matters to...

Recently as I reflected in prayer on the Baptism of our Lord, the Holy Spirit gave me a new insight. As we all know, baptism involves being plunged down before being raised up to new life. I can now see that this “down before up” process continues throughout our...

Have you ever asked someone with a skill you desired to teach you that skill? Maybe you wanted to learn how to play the piano. Maybe you wanted to learn how to be a better cook. Perhaps you wanted to learn how to play pickleball. The Apostles wanted Jesus to teach...

On that first Christmas Day the Word became flesh. God became man, so that man could one day be saved. This is history’s greatest news, and it must be shared. Vox must proclaim Verbum. Discover what this means in today’s message. Isaiah 40:3 tells...