Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY PREPARE HIM ROOM: For Others By Bill McMurtrey We don’t always have all of the answers in life. And to be honest we don’t have to, and that is okay. Over the years in my writings for "The Journey" I have shared different ways I serve, from...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY PREPARE HIM ROOM: Joy By Allison Antrim I don’t know about you, but I can hardly believe it’s December and that Christmas will be here in just a few short weeks. I always try to let Thanksgiving have its moment, so I just started listening...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY PREPARE HIM ROOM: Wonder By Lisa Zulke Wonder. It has a dual meaning. A feeling of surprise, mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar or inexplicable. Also, desire to know something. Also, to doubt. As a seeker of knowledge and understanding I wrestle...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY GRATITUDE: Help Us To See By Chris Woodward Generosity sometimes is most easily understood when we have received it from others. My family’s adoption journey is marked with the provision of God through generosity of others on every level. To count every moment where God...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY MONUMENTAL: Let’s Hear It For The Dream Makers By Allison Antrim I love the idea of volunteers and volunteering – when it’s other people who are doing it! I don’t always love being a volunteer myself. After all, volunteering often involves the act of sacrificing...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY MONUMENTAL: Rebuilding A People By Molly Fisher Nehemiah in many ways is just one more story in the Bible of God using ordinary people, those without special training or superhuman abilities, to do great things. Rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem in 52 days was a...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY MONUMENTAL: The Power of No By Chris Woodward After praying for many years, it happened. The thing that we all were praying against, the thing that all of us had dreaded and had feared. The thing that we all knew was going to happen, unless...
Mission Adelante is an urban ministry in Kansas City, Kansas that serves immigrants and refugees from all places. Founded in 2005, we equip and empower children, youth, and adults in life and faith.On a community scale, we establish collaborative initiatives, like Adelante Thrift, that contribute to the flourishing of our...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY MONUMENTAL: Anger By Bill McMurtrey IHopefully this is something that you CAN’T relate to…but if you’re even a little bit like me, you’ll understand. If I had a dime for every time in my life that I allowed my anger to get the best of me, maybe...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY MONUMENTAL: God-sized Dreams By Meghan Hemenway I have a God-sized dream. And I have a heckler, a taunter, a dissenter who tells me my dream is crazy. It’s me. I’m the doubter of my own big, wild dreams. I was given the opportunity to rewrite...