love for God

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Checklists, idols and loving God

Post published:March 12, 2026
Post category:Healing from Toxic Church
Post last modified:April 24, 2026

A preacher said: “You cannot love the Lord if you do not do these things.” Paul wrote: “I tried keeping rules. It didn’t work.” How checklists lead us astray.

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God is hunting for hearts

Post published:November 16, 2023
Post category:Knowing and Going with God
Post last modified:April 23, 2026

{Pinned post.} God is hunting for hearts. “Not hearts of paper and lace,” he says. “I’m seeking human hearts that are open, tender, alive.” A parable.

At home in God's love: Cozy brick house with lights in windows, beside a canal lined with autumn-tinted bushes and trees. Two people enjoy a small dock at canal's edge. Two ride bikes across the stone bridge that spans the canal.

Now and forever: Resting in God’s love

Post published:January 8, 2022
Post category:From: Return to Your Rest
Post last modified:December 18, 2025

Think of it! All that David experienced and described in Psalm 23 – all of it – is still flowing from God’s great love, in hot pursuit of you.