By: Grace McCready Your boyfriend of three years just decided to break up with you over the phone. You miscarried the first child you had conceived since getting married five years ago. Your mom called to tell you that she found out she has cancer.  Your best friend from college betrayed your friendship in order […]

By: Jordan Sparnroft I’m a fill in the blanks person. You know, the type who can’t go to the next page of notes until ALL of  the blanks are filled in. If you’re familiar with the enneagram, I’m a 9 with a VERY strong wing 1. God has made me to be a person who […]

By: Marissa Hochstedler Have you ever stopped to think about thoughts before—to consider how many thoughts go through the human brain in a single day? According to a study published by Nature Communications, the human brain has an average of 6,000 thoughts per day. When was the last time you stopped to consider your thought […]

By: Christi Grimm Today was a challenging day.  Too many late nights and busy schedules made for short tempered children, ugly words, and negative attitudes.  Who am I kidding?   I was just as guilty of the aforementioned! Needless to say, it’s 4:00 p.m. and I’m pooped!  Even with the difficulties of the day, there […]

We are so excited to share our first ever Wholehearted Mother’s Day Gift Guide! We wanted to create a curated list to help make shopping for someone special a bit easier this year. We hope this list will help you bless and encourage those around you. Scroll through to see some ideas that any mom […]

By: Erica Hunt  “I just can’t sit still.”  “There is too much noise! I can’t concentrate!”  “How am I to enjoy a ‘quiet time’ when I cannot stand silence?”  “When I see the piles of dishes or laundry or homework, I have to get them done.”  Our surroundings really do matter when we are trying […]

By: Katie Stone Praise might be the most neglected exercise in the Christian life. We know it is important to pray, read the Bible, and gather with other believers. Praise, on the other hand, has a reputation of being an add on to the Christian life for the good days. It’s nice but not necessary.  […]

By: Tiffany Joy Layton Do you know that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you have to have one of those notoriously hard conversations? Those talks where you want to literally do anything else will often leave many of us wanting to run for the hills. And sadly, many of us figuratively do. […]

There is a home video of me at 5 years old standing in the snow, wearing oversized gloves meant for adult hands, looking up in wonderment at the snowflakes gently falling down around me and I’m shouting, “Look Mama, God is making it snow!” From an early age, God has gifted me with the sense […]

By: Nicole Lisa Schrader I have busy days when my quiet time simply consists of praying to God and reading a Bible passage.  Other days, when my schedule is open, God speaks to me in the leisure hours of the morning. I read several passages of scripture, reflect on God’s goodness in prayer and thanksgiving, […]