The Wholehearted Blog

Sister — we don’t have to choose between sitting in the discomfort of our grief AND entrusting ourselves to God’s plan in our grief. In these moments, your quiet time probably...

The woman at the well (John 4) came to the well ashamed, yet she left healed, telling everyone she could about all the things Jesus told her. I am- you...

As silly as it may sound, I was struck anew this Advent season by the “rest of the story” of Christmas. Yes, we know the story of when Jesus came...

One morning, I was praying about my attitude when a thought entered my mind:Things don’t slow down. People do. Christmas wasn’t the culprit of the crazy pace. I was. I wish you couldn’t relate, but...

While emotions can certainly be a tool to alert us subconsciously to things we haven’t reasoned out, they are often fleeting, complicated, and even downright deceiving. This is especially when imbalanced hormones are...

The silence of God is intriguing to consider. Because of who God is, we look to Him for guidance, answers, miracles, and provision. But because of God’s all-powerfulness, He can...

As much as I enjoyed being homeschooled and then attending a Christian college, it was a difficult transition to go from my Christian education to the worldly workforce. But that’s...

I’ve had daily time with Jesus as a daughter and now as a mother; in loneliness and while surrounded by children. In both grief and joy, failure and success, I’ve...

The truth is that no member of the Wholehearted Quiet Time team—including me—has the perfect quiet time. In fact, there’s no such thing as a perfect quiet time. All of...