The Wholehearted Blog

Follow me as I follow Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1 MEV)These words of Paul always hit me in the stomach. How can a person set themselves as an example to follow? How...

When my college and career group leader asked everyone in our group to write down two spiritual goals and share those goals with him, he was taking a different approach...

Ambitions and goals are good and even necessary to our lives. They can give us purpose and practical direction. Spiritual disciplines are how we grow as believers. But our goals...

Our society collectively welcomes the annual landmark of a new year as a chance to have a universal “restart”. Things somehow seem easier to start on January 1st than they...

We are called to purity because God has called us out of our darkness and into His light! And purity is possible because Jesus has accomplished our purity. When we...

Part of the struggle of choosing a Bible reading plan is deciding what we want to read that year. The other part of the struggle is the looming fear that...

I have experienced plenty of excellent and trustworthy counselors in my lifetime. None of them will ever be as true as Jesus. I never have to wonder if He can...

Remembering God’s goodness and faithfulness isn’t a new concept; it’s something that He has been instructing His children to do for thousands of years. When we slip into unhealthy habits...

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...