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.
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?
Wrecked by religion in the church?
Have you seen anything prideful, controlling, cruel, in your church culture? Yes, and it’s wrecked you? No, not really? Either way, it matters what you do next.
Jesus taught us to pray for God
In the prayer that starts, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,” Jesus taught: Pray for people. But first, pray for God. Here's how.
A song, a Savior, his love for us all
How a once-in-a-lifetime trip and a remarkable song opened my heart to people and to “the Savior of the world, the Lord who loves us all.”
Killing with (fake) kindness – a lie that binds
Anyone can do a kind act for a selfish reason. Those who want to control others – and to appear good – can fake kindness and use it to abuse.
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