The Wholehearted Blog

It’s hard to have a quiet time in the morning—before school, before exercising, before work, before the kids, before the alarm, before my husband gets up…It’s hard to have a...

 As I close my Bible and say a prayer of blessing over the day and my family, I feel a twinge of guilt. At this stage of my life, I’m...

My life was in shambles and for good reason! I hadn’t developed an ear to hear the good news that would reroute me into greener pastures. I was looking for...

To be honest, I’ve always struggled to pray consistently. Even using prayer lists hasn’t transformed me into a prayer warrior. But prayer lists have helped me remember prayer requests. And...

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...

I used to treat time with Jesus as just another desire. I would wait for my desires to spiral me toward spending time with Jesus. I would neglect to seek...

As a society, we have caught on to the notion that if we want to make positive changes in our life, and create habits that stick, we need to know...

The day quickly felt overwhelming, and my anxiety level was rising. This is not how I had wanted to start my week. I had envisioned a peaceful day: children behaving and...

I hadn’t slept through the night in weeks, the baby was colicky, our two-year-old was teething, my husband was away on business, and our four-year-old threw up in the middle...