Featured Articles

For over 30 years, Heartlight has shared articles to help people live for Jesus in everyday life. While we are no longer publishing new articles, this enduring collection features relevant pieces throughout the year to encourage faith, offer biblical perspective, and speak to real-world joys and struggles.

Just Keep Singing

Phil Ware talks about the death of a friend who died with friends singing praises to God and how we can sing our way through anything.

What do you do when you can't think of anything else to do to hang on?

There are Trees and There are Trees

Different kinds of trees fulfill different needs, just like we need different kinds of friends.

What's the difference between loquats and apricots?

Take a God Break

We all need to take a God-break a time when we get alone with God and be renewed and restored.

When's the last time you shut everything down and sought to be alone with God?

Family Unique: GPS

Rick Brown reminds us that we need to have a plan to negotiate the road that lies ahead for us and for our family and it is called the Genealogical Planning Strategy.

How is your family going to navigate the road ahead?

If a Tree Falls ...

We can choose our own joy because we get to choose our ending.

If a tree falls in the forest, is it really funny?

Safe With Dad

God is always there to care for us and keep us from ultimate harm.

Can we trust that we are really safe?

Unplug!

Teresa Bell Kindred shares with us her absent-minded follies because she is distracted from all of her hi-tech toys to which she is plugged in and she reminds us to get away and be with God.

What's got you so distracted?

Outlive Yourself

Steve Higginbotham reflects on the death of Andy Griffith and reminds us of the importance of our influence.

Andy and Barney will live on in our memories for a long time!

Between Two Doors

We often find ourselves stuck between two doors and needing rescue, but we trust the Lord to help us out and through.

How do we get un-stuck in a situation like this?