Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Identity By Chris Woodward Identity for us was on full display this week as hundreds of thousands of our neighbors, coworkers, family, and friends gathered in joy and excitement to welcome back to the city the Super Bowl Champions. It was a spectacle to watch...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Hope in God Changes Us By Allison Antrim In my former career as a teacher, there would be whole weeks where I would cry in my car every morning before walking into the building. Every teaching strategy I tried seemed to fall flat. Expectations were...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Scattered, Yet Secure By Lisa Zulke In my mid 20’s I discovered a new identity and began learning what it meant to follow Jesus. It was at times thrilling, enlightening, life giving, and incredibly alarming. I had not expected the joking banter that would come...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Celebration & Awe By Sarah Hahs I held a new baby this week. It was one of those moments where I wasn’t expecting it, and I was filled with awe looking into this baby’s face. She is the new daughter of a co-worker. Someone we have prayed...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Reading the Bible By Meghan Hemenway Have you ever tried to break a habit? Have you ever tried to build a new one? When were you successful and when did you struggle to change your behavior? The answers to these questions can be helpful when...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY What do you have? By Chris Woodward I have had the joy for the past 18 years of being in the community working with persons that have or are struggling with substance use disorders. I can remember the first day my mentor and owner of...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Prayer Rhythms By Molly Fisher If you were watching Monday Night Football last week, you not only watched a 24-year-old young man collapse on the field, but you watched teams huddle up and pray – on national television. Not all that long ago, a case...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Longing and Peace By Bill McMurtrey How perfect is your life? Or, how perfect is your highligh reel? Like me, you probably have friends who you know in real life, but whose online presence shows only the most beautiful and perfectly fulfilled lives ever. For them every day is Christmas and every...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Home + Peace By Brooke Hodnefield I don’t pay too much attention to social media, but there was a post awhile back that stood out to me. It caused me to ponder then, and is something that resurfaces every so often. It was a question...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Justice By Allison Antrim Longing knocks on all of our hearts during the Christmas season. Whether it’s a child’s longing for a special gift under the tree, or an adult’s longing for a truly “silent night,” most of us have something we want that we...