Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Good Enemies By Shelly Huston You and I are faced with events and opportunities, good and bad, that have left an impact. Pivotal moments are crucial to understanding our past, present, and future. Disillusionment, heartbreak, divorce, death, and great sorrow. While I didn’t perceive the...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Good Neighbors By Chris Woodward As Brad talked about being good neighbors this morning, I started looking back. One of our neighbors backed into my dad’s car, denting the driver’s side, back door. I was about fifteen or sixteen then, and cars were my life....
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Unpacking Your Camels By Lisa Zulke What is my camel carrying? I used to think the good life meant unlimited resources . . . when I started my first job, worked my way through college, and had very few resources. Once I moved past paycheck-to-paycheck...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Making Sense of the Good Life By Molly Fisher Happy Easter: He is Risen!!! What Jesus said before going to the cross was true. Because Jesus rose from the grave, everything changed! Those who knew him best went from dejected and afraid to overjoyed and began...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY True Grace By Molly Fisher Peter is writing this letter to other believers and leaders, and he knows what he’s talking about. When Peter talks about suffering, it’s because he has first-hand knowledge of what that is like, and he witnessed the suffering of Jesus....
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Trials By Shelly Huston Reflecting on my education, I remember I was a good student. I paid attention in class, took many notes, studied hard, and did my best to prepare for what was ahead. Tests were much dreaded; they almost always threw me for...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY The Rest of Your Life By Brooke Hodnefield As the days of creation reveal, God is quite familiar with work himself. He created humans with unique giftings and interests specifically so we can pursue his redemptive work in partnership with him. – The Word Before...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Hope By Bill McMurtrey What are some of the emotions or thoughts that drive you? Where do you place your wishes, wants, your needs? Today when Brad said (and he is correct), "The stock market can’t save you," I smiled. I’m a stock trader by profession, and...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Subversive Submission By Allison Antrim Sometimes we live in an information-rich but context-poor world. We love soundbites and short video clips, using them to make swift judgments about events and people. We consider our thoughts and feelings first, forgetting or neglecting to think about what...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Live Good Lives By Molly Fisher I love that this devotional tool is called “The Journey” because life is a journey. Every minute between birth and death, decisions are made, by ourselves or others, about our life, and each decision directs the next step and...