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 Gather Together By Allison Antrim Happy New Year! At least, I hope it’s happy. I really hope your 2023 is off to a positive start. But I imagine some of you, like me, find yourselves entering a new year in the wake of sudden sorrow...
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...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY It Is What You Make Of It By Shelly Huston “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein Have you ever heard opportunity knock? Perhaps it was for a promotion at work? Perhaps it was for a relationship that we let slip through our...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY All It Takes Is A Little Faith By Lisa Zulke Feel like God has you in a press? I sure do. I want to see God do the thing he said he would do, the thing that in faith I pray for, the thing that...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Slow To Get Angry By Bill McMurtrey Have you ever said something that you later . . . or instantly . . . wished that you hadn’t and could take back? We all know that old saying, "Don’t let your anger get the best of you.”...