by admin | May 1, 2018 | Academics, Appropriate Technology, Community, Mission, practical missions learning, Student
Ever feel like the problems keep stacking up and the solutions are nowhere to be seen? We see it too, and that’s part of why at HEART we want our students to be innovative and proactive with their ideas to solve problems that communities face and to share the love of...
by admin | Feb 2, 2016 | Community, Mission
After spending a hot and green Christmas in Liberia, West Africa with my family, I was given a cold awakening when I landed in St. Louis, Missouri for the Urbana mission conference the following day from my return to the States. It was quite the shock temperature...
by admin | Jan 18, 2016 | Kayla Cochran, Mission
Psalm 90:12 “So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.” This past December I was fortunate to represent h.e.a.r.t. at Urbana. Urbana is a missions conference in St. Louis where around 20,000 people come together to worship God, learn about global...
by admin | Apr 22, 2015 | Culture, Dr. Mike Webb, Heather Webb, Mission, Spiritual Development, Theology, Values, Worldview
It was the day that everything changed. It was a phone call. Phone calls can do that, you know. Phone calls can have the power to change the trajectory of a life. This one did. As I listened to my husband’s side of the phone call, I could hear the excitement in...
by admin | Mar 26, 2015 | Beliefs, Community, Culture, Faith Gallian, Mission, Nutrition, Spiritual Development, Theology, Values, Village Life, Worldview
I am sitting at the cancer center in Lakeland, Florida waiting on a dear friend, who is attending an appointment. My heart is heavy as I look around the waiting room. There is a cancer survivor in the corner playing songs from The Sound of Music on his clarinet, and...
by admin | Sep 15, 2014 | Allison Patterson, Community, Community Driven, Gardening, Intern, Mission, Nutrition, Permaculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Uncategorized, Values, Village Life
Something unique about h.e.a.r.t. is that we grow and study plants that are superfoods. These plants have the nutritional density to supplement diets in ways that can change people’s health and change their lives. One specific plant that has the potential to battle...
