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 | Nov 12, 2014 | Alumni, Beliefs, Community, Culture, Heather Webb, Spiritual Development, Theology, Uncategorized, Values, Village Life, Worldview
I wrote this story in 2008 while my husband and I were serving in Tanzania, East Africa. Are you a h.e.a.r.t. alum with a story to tell? We’d love to hear it and share it! Email me anytime. My spirit was troubled today. I went to town on Monday with the teacher...
by admin | Sep 10, 2014 | Beliefs, Community, Culture, Phil Murphy, Spiritual Development, Theology, Uncategorized, Values, Worldview
“The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.” These words of Jesus are recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark & Luke. This seems quite normal that a farmer would plant a seed in his field. Yet Jesus goes on to say...
by admin | Sep 1, 2014 | Becoming a Missionary Mom, Beliefs, Community, Heather Webb, Mission, Spiritual Development, Theology, Uncategorized, Values, Village Life
The day finally arrived. Prisca was scheduled for a c-section to deliver the baby, but also so the doctor could explore the mass on her uterus and try to remove it. We waited for news and then rushed to the hospital to be ready when the visiting hours opened up....
by admin | Aug 19, 2014 | Alumni, Community, Spiritual Development, Theology, Uncategorized, Values, Village Life
Koinonia is the Greek word for “Fellowship.” Have you ever asked someone a question knowing that you might not receive an answer anytime soon? Expecting that you would have to remain in diligent pursuit of that answer until that answer was given? Have you...
