There's a question you can ask yourself that will bring inescapable clarity to just about every relational decision you'll bump up against. But a word of warning: it's not for the faint of heart.

One good thing now... or two good things 10 minutes from now? When framed simply, the answer seems obvious. But when it comes to the crossroads, making the right choice can be much harder. win us as we explore the foundational FOURTH question in this series, which ultimately has fueled all the other questions we've explored so far.

It's not Jiminy Cricket or the voice of Morgan Freeman, but it is an internal compass that keeps us calibrated. When you're sitting in the middle of those stomach-churning, head-scratching, answer-seeking seasons- we have to be brave enough to lean INTO the uncomfortable, with the hope of a brighter outcome.

We tend to tell ourselves the stories we want to hear, like to hear, or may be most easy to hear. In any given situation, we will naturally seek the past of least resistance. But sometimes in order to move forward or truly face the music, we have to be deeply & unapologetically honest with ourselves. And as we move forward in our series of 5 great questions to help us at life's major crossroads, we find this one CANNOT be missed.

Do you have any regrets in your life? And have you ever wondered how you arrived at those regrets? Usually, it's because of a decision we made somewhere along the way. Usually we focus on the "what" of the decision we made. What if we instead spent some time thinking about the "how" we made the decision? That could change the direction of our life.

What if the most important question we could ask in our marriage was also one of the simplest? This week, our friend Sam Gazunis shares some simple truths that serve as guidelines for us to take the next step in loving those closest to us.

We all have a few of them in our lives: frenemies. They’re the people we kinda have to be nice to but don’t really like. And if we follow Jesus then it’s even more complicated because we’re supposed to love them. But it’s their fault, right? They’re dishonest. They’re selfish. They’re gossipy. If only they’d change, we might take the enemy out of frenemy and just be friends. That would be fair thinking, but what if they don’t change? Then what? You might have to.

If you've ever been a parent or had a parent, you know it's not easy. In fact, it's downright difficult. And despite the countless blogs, TikTok follows and books promising to make it better, no one has solved the mystery of how NOT to mess up your kids. Except for Jesus. Even though he wasn't a father of earthly children, he gave us an overarching principal that changes the game...but it's not easy...especially for the parents.

Too often people fall into the trap of thinking that following Jesus means the rest of life will be problem free. But Jesus never promised that. In fact, he said just the opposite. What he did promise though, was there would be meaning in the rest of your life – including the hard parts. He promised that the hard parts would be growth moments; trust-building moments. That doesn’t make the challenging chapters of life easier, but it does make them better.