God is searching for hearts
{Pinned post.} God is searching for hearts. “Not hearts of paper and lace,” he says. “I’m seeking human hearts that are open, tender, alive.” A parable.
My Gettysburg legacy and this turning time
My Gettysburg legacy? A great-great-grandfather who fought there for the Confederacy. And the weightiness of freedom from unhealed wounds.
Fighting fear of loss with fear of the Lord
The Proverbs 31 woman shows us what other Scriptures teach us: When we fight fear of loss with the fear of the Lord, he becomes to us a sanctuary.
Battered boundaries in the church
Why did I suddenly, relentlessly, find my boundaries battered? Who knew battered boundaries in the church would set me on a new life quest?
Turbulent times and the laughter born of faith
Might turbulent times be key times to learn the laughter born of faith? Here's what the Proverbs 31 woman, and Jesus himself, can teach us.
Shunning in the church
When a group shuns, it rejects someone who has belonged. How shunning in the church looks, why it hurts so much – and why you can overcome.
If God loves fiercely, how do we draw near?
The day the Lord came down on Mt. Sinai to meet with his people shows us today: God loves us fiercely. And he makes the way for us to draw near.
Extraordinary times – and a most extraordinary God
In extraordinary times, when all eyes turned toward the stunning events unfolding, we marveled at the workings of a most extraordinary God.
I will fear no evil: Resting in God’s presence
In a dark valley, David sang to the Lord, “I fear no evil, for you are with me.” Resting in God’s presence, we too can face down fear and keep walking through.
Whatever happened to loving one another?
Jesus is building his church. Repeatedly, he announced the key: “Love one another.” So what does that look like? And why is it so rare in the church today?
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