By: Emily Miller My American stereotype is very social. School, clubs, sports and play-dates fill her childhood. College, parties, internships send her off into adulthood. Career and family keep her busy until the kids are grown and she retires. Then my imaginary 60-something is faced – for the first time in her life – with […]

By: Kelly Arena “Can I pray for you?” The question was first uttered to me in ninth grade by a girl standing next to me as I anxiously waited to enter a speech competition room. I’d never seen her before. Since that day, there hasn’t been a single life-event we haven’t shared together. We stood next to […]

By: Rachel Fox Frazier From the title, “Discerning the Voice of God”, you can assume what this devotional is all about! Priscilla Shirer really outdid herself on this one. Today I am going to go over this seven-week devotional in detail, just in case you are interested in purchasing and reading through the book yourself. […]

By: Emily Miller Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops. He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’ Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store […]

By: Emily Miller Quiet time has been a helpful tool in spending time with Jesus, cleaning out the idols in my heart, and transforming my mind by conforming my worldview to Scripture. But, I started noticing a weakness in solely relying on my quiet time. See, I’d been giving half of an hour to an hour, of my […]

By: Kate Van Der Hoeven At Wholehearted, we talk a lot about taking time to quiet our hearts before the Lord, resting in his presence, and leaving thoughts of our crazy schedules behind to make room for the Holy Spirit to speak. Most of us need to hear those words. The world is constantly beckoning for […]

By: Hannah Pritchard As women, we often struggle with friendship. We crave the feelings of being seen, known, and understood. We desire to have a friend who can be counted on to walk beside us in both the mundane and pivotal moments and we search for this type of person. We ask, “Do I have any of these friends […]

By: Julianna Weiss You were made to need. Why does this hit a vulnerable spot in my heart and perhaps yours too? I find myself defending against such a question with: “No, it’s okay, I can do it on my own.” We have been created to share our burdens and yet we also have a resistance to drawing near to others, especially when […]

By: Carley Fischer In the hustle and bustle of culture today we have become extremely independent people. Independence is powerful but we can isolate ourselves and others as we grow in it. It’s important that as Christians we devote ourselves to compassion and show love to others. That can become difficult when we are spending […]

By: Abby Watson Do you ever feel like the call to love your neighbor is just a price too steep?  I do. On a daily basis I look across the cubicle, the church aisle, and the kitchen table and think, “No, Jesus, that’s too much to ask of me.”  But one day a pastor shared […]