4th Day Letters

With each eclipse there is a gradual obscuration of light, moments of total darkness, and the promise of light returned. This recurring pattern has been with us since the dawn of creation.  No, I am not referring to a solar eclipse. The phenomenon I am referring to...

Life presents us with insurmountable opportunities. That seems like an oxymoronic statement, but it’s true. It seems contradictory, when in fact, it’s a paradoxical reality.  Why? Because when God is with us, challenges and obstacles that would otherwise be...

The Bible gives us several stories about Jesus healing blind men. John’s Gospel account of one of those healings makes an important distinction. Jesus did not simply restore the sight of the blind man, but He created sight for a blind man who had never seen before....

Happy Easter Everyone! Our Lord is Risen from the dead. He is alive. He is with us now and always. Alleluia, alleluia! I have loved the song He’s Alive by Don Francisco from the first time I heard it many years ago. For me, it captures both the pain and anguish of...

His head was bowed low as he sat in the pew on Sunday morning. He reflected on life. Sorrow and regret brought a tear to his eye. Consumed with sadness, he wondered, “Where is this Christian joy that everyone talks about?” He anxiously pondered the thought, “Has Jesus...

Just prior to the crucifixion, Pilate asked Jesus, “What is truth.” Little did he know that his question would echo throughout history and become a prophetic statement about modern times. Does objective truth exist today, or is all truth now subjective? How would you...

The story of the Transfiguration as depicted in Mark 9:2-8 tells us that Jesus’ clothes became “dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.” The apostles saw Jesus in a way they never had before. We all want to see Jesus more clearly. We want clarity...

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...