Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Inheriting Faith by Marnie Vasquez Where is he? She’s running. Frantically. Searching. She’s trying to see if he’s done anything crazy. Anything that would stop people in their tracks. She can’t find him. Where is he? She can’t breathe. What has he done? She stops....
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY How To Build Your Life by Allison Antrim Thanks to smartphones and the internet, we have access to more information than has ever been available in history. Phrases like “do your research” and “educate yourself” are common parlance online, demonstrating our culture’s belief that anyone can learn enough to...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Choose Your Path Wisely by Bill McMurtrey Choose a path. We all have this in common: We have had to do this in life. And if you haven’t yet, you will. When in your life have you had to make a hard choice? What did it involve? Did...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Humility and Judgement by Lisa Zulke Today took me back to when I was acutely aware of my mistakes and the weight of my need for grace and forgiveness. The canyon between me and following Jesus seemed too far to cross. One particular teaching had...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Jesus and Money by Allison Antrim In American culture, we are way past the practice of carving idols and bowing down to them. Yet we have never stopped looking to things other than God to save us. Money might be the number one thing that...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Enough of Worry, for Today by Shelly Huston I’m listening to “Fires” by Jordan St. Cyr this morning, as it speaks to portions of my life and possibly yours. “I remember how you told me that life may not be easy, and everything I need...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY The Victory Before the Battle by Chris Woodward We all love the moment when victory is sealed; the wideout crosses the goal line on the final play, the last strike sails past the bat, and the sound of leather thumps through our ears. When the...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Deliver Us by Molly Fisher When Jesus teaches us how to pray, He ends His prayer by saying, “Deliver us from evil/the evil one.” The MSG version is “Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.” It’s not just the devil that is evil, though...
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Forgiveness by Lisa Zulke I am… Forgiven. Free. Released. Burden lifted. Heart forward. Mind clear. Spirit rising. As I receive the gift I am free to give it to others. Spirits rising. Minds clear. Hearts forward. Burdens lifted. Imagine a world so filled with grace....
Heartland Community Church THE JOURNEY Just Ask by Lisa Zulke Breath. Deep, lung-filling breath. That has been my daily bread for the past week. I’m training for an endurance race, and I have a lung condition. Both things are true. One mostly doesn’t get in the way of the other—until...