Holy Care for the Whole Self: The Cost of Freedom blogbook review

Holy Care for the Whole Self: The Cost of Freedom

Book Excerpt from "Holy Care for the Whole Self" by Laura Smith All freedom is costly. Freedom from tyrants and dictators. Freedom from slavery. Freedom…

WonderfullyMadeJanuary 17, 2024

Fall 2023 Retreat Recap! blog

Fall 2023 Retreat Recap!

THE BEST DAY EVER! On Saturday, September 16th, 2023, we hosted our second annual Fall Young Women's Retreat in our hometown of Buellton, California where…

WonderfullyMadeSeptember 30, 2023

So Why Song and Music Video by Krystal Craven blog

So Why Song and Music Video by Krystal Craven

Here at Wonderfully Made, we love featuring other ladies who are doing amazing things. Krystal shared a music video she created to remind women of…

WonderfullyMadeAugust 23, 2023

Wonderfully Made Song and Music Video by Kiera Faith blog

Wonderfully Made Song and Music Video by Kiera Faith

Here at Wonderfully Made, we love featuring other girls who are doing amazing things. Kiera shared a music video she created for her class to…

WonderfullyMadeJune 21, 2023

A Poem to Celebrate Women blog

A Poem to Celebrate Women

By: Allie Marie Smith   She's broken and sad. Lonely and scared. She's enslaved and ashamed. Abandoned and unknown. Who will go and find her?…

WonderfullyMadeMarch 31, 2023

Outrageous Obedience: Where You Go blogbook review

Outrageous Obedience: Where You Go

Book Excerpt from "Outrageous Obedience" by Rachelle Starr God has put a calling on your life. You sense it. You feel it. You’re excited but…

WonderfullyMadeMarch 23, 2023

EMDR Therapy and How It May Help You Heal From Trauma blogEmotional HealthUncategorized

EMDR Therapy and How It May Help You Heal From Trauma

Here at Wonderfully Made, we believe God is the answer to all our problems and the Creator who sees everything. The Holy Spirit is our…

WonderfullyMadeFebruary 24, 2023

Rhythms of Healing blogbloggingEmotional Health

Rhythms of Healing

Have you ever found yourself in a crisis? A moment in time where everything is going wrong and you don’t know what to do. There…

WonderfullyMadeJanuary 31, 2023

Excerpt from The Blessed Life: What It Means to Be Blessed blogbook review

Excerpt from The Blessed Life: What It Means to Be Blessed

By: Kelly Minter “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.” Matthew 5:3 Sometimes when I’m really out of sorts,…

WonderfullyMadeJanuary 6, 2023

Excerpt From Reframe Your Shame: Experience Freedom From What Holds You Back blog

Excerpt From Reframe Your Shame: Experience Freedom From What Holds You Back

By: Irene Rollins Michelle Graham wrote, “Shame says because I am flawed, I am unacceptable. Grace says because I am flawed, I am cherished.” Too…

WonderfullyMadeDecember 9, 2022

Wonderfully Made’s 2022 Gift Guide blogChristmasSeasonal

Wonderfully Made’s 2022 Gift Guide

The holidays give us the chance to show the people closest to us our appreciation and love of them through gifts. If you're looking for…

WonderfullyMadeNovember 21, 2022

Excerpt from Path to Peace: Peace in Embracing Weakness blog

Excerpt from Path to Peace: Peace in Embracing Weakness

By: Ann Swindell Paul knew he needed to write a letter to the Corinthian church. He was worried they were being led astray from the…

WonderfullyMadeNovember 21, 2022

Her Story: Living Beyond Labels, Featuring Alycia Johnson blog

Her Story: Living Beyond Labels, Featuring Alycia Johnson

Tell us about yourself!  I currently live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Most recently in my life, I transformed my career into my hobby and my hobby…

WonderfullyMadeOctober 28, 2022

Excerpt from “Wonderfully Made.” Chapter 23: Made To Be Present blog

Excerpt from “Wonderfully Made.” Chapter 23: Made To Be Present

By: Allie Marie Smith Halfway on the drive to one of our favorite surfing beaches our phones lose connection. Before we drop service, my fingers…

WonderfullyMadeSeptember 29, 2022

Excerpt from Restore My Soul: The Power and Promise of 30 Psalms blog

Excerpt from Restore My Soul: The Power and Promise of 30 Psalms

By Laura L. Smith My chest feels tight. Sitting still makes me jittery, like I’ll pop out of my skin, so I have to stand…

WonderfullyMadeAugust 1, 2022

Refuse the Counterfeits, Sisters blog

Refuse the Counterfeits, Sisters

by Brittany Maher and Cassandra Speer Looking back, we can clearly see how the lies we believed led us to place our worth in our…

WonderfullyMadeJuly 19, 2022

How to Help a Friend Struggling with Depression blog

How to Help a Friend Struggling with Depression

By: Candace Martell For those who don’t experience depression, it can be difficult to know how to help loved ones who do. If that’s you,…

WonderfullyMadeJuly 7, 2022

Why Did God Make Me This Way? blog

Why Did God Make Me This Way?

By: Lisa Weidner “God, why did you make me this way?”  I can feel the pain in that statement even as I type it. Have…

WonderfullyMadeJune 27, 2022

Finding My Father: A Poem by Blair Linne blog

Finding My Father: A Poem by Blair Linne

In this powerful video, author, speaker, actress, spoken word artist, and WM blog contributor Blair Linne shares her story of growing up without her father…

WonderfullyMadeJune 16, 2022

Excerpt: God Is a #GirlDad blog

Excerpt: God Is a #GirlDad

By: Blair Linne “Girls are the best. I would have five more girls if I could. I’m a girl dad.” Kobe Bryant was being interviewed…

WonderfullyMadeJune 13, 2022

Earning Vulnerability blog

Earning Vulnerability

By: Bailey T. Hurley A lot of us put up caution tape around our hearts when we hear the word vulnerability because somewhere down the…

WonderfullyMadeJune 6, 2022

3 Ways to Make Peace with Your Body blog

3 Ways to Make Peace with Your Body

By: Ann Swindell As swimsuit season creeps up, it’s easy to feel anxiety creep up on us, as well. We might start to worry about…

WonderfullyMadeMay 25, 2022

Anne Wilson – “My Jesus” blog

Anne Wilson – “My Jesus”

Are you past the point of weary? Is your burden weighin' heavy? Is it all too much to carry? Let me tell you 'bout my…

WonderfullyMadeMay 24, 2022

Breaking Free From a Me Vs. Her Mindset blog

Breaking Free From a Me Vs. Her Mindset

By: Alexandra V. Hoover Comparison is a tricky thing, isn’t it? I’ve struggled in and through it for many years. “God’s brought us this far,…

WonderfullyMadeMay 17, 2022

You Are Not a Sidekick blog

You Are Not a Sidekick

By: Grace Valentine For the longest time I thought the Bible was just stories about men walking with Jesus. I thought the Bible taught women…

WonderfullyMadeMay 13, 2022

How to Overcome the Comparison Trap blog

How to Overcome the Comparison Trap

By: Madelyn Stout It’s the essential question we all face: Who am I? We’ve all been there. Scrolling through our social media feeds, we see…

WonderfullyMadeApril 27, 2022

Sanctity in Suffering blog

Sanctity in Suffering

By: Kathryn Stangel  Nobody wants to suffer. To suffer is to endure weakness and to admit our vulnerability. It’s the antithesis of living; our human…

WonderfullyMadeApril 22, 2022

5 Ways to Help a Friend With an Eating Disorder blog

5 Ways to Help a Friend With an Eating Disorder

By: Grace McCready For about two years, I struggled with an eating disorder called “anorexia nervosa” and was officially diagnosed when I was 17 years…

WonderfullyMadeApril 7, 2022

More Than My Scars blog

More Than My Scars

The following excerpt is taken from chapter 10 of podcast guest Kechi Okwuchi's new book, More Than My Scars, published by Baker Books, a division…

WonderfullyMadeMarch 28, 2022

HerStory: Surrendering Control, Featuring Brittany Braswell blogHerSTORY

HerStory: Surrendering Control, Featuring Brittany Braswell

Tell us about yourself!  I’m a Texas-born, Alabama-raised Southern girl, currently living in Birmingham, AL, where I own and operate a nutrition and eating disorder…

WonderfullyMadeMarch 17, 2022

HerStory: A Life of Intimacy With Christ, Featuring Jessica Chow blogHerSTORY

HerStory: A Life of Intimacy With Christ, Featuring Jessica Chow

Tell us about yourself! I am a speaker, soon-to-be-author, and influencer for Jesus—hallelujah! I'm also an LA-based working commercial actress, a full-time business developer for @fishermenlabs,…

WonderfullyMadeMarch 3, 2022

My Journey Back to The Table: Overcoming My Eating Disorder blog

My Journey Back to The Table: Overcoming My Eating Disorder

By: Amy Carlson When I was 15, my gymnastics coach pulled me aside and asked if I thought I could “lose five pounds off my…

WonderfullyMadeFebruary 24, 2022

Freedom From Shame and Abuse: Kait Warman’s Testimony blog

Freedom From Shame and Abuse: Kait Warman’s Testimony

By: Kait Warman I grew up in a tumultuous family. My parents did the best they could, but their attention was divided by constant fighting.…

WonderfullyMadeFebruary 11, 2022

A Message From Sadie Robertson Huff: God Still Loves You blog

A Message From Sadie Robertson Huff: God Still Loves You

Today we're excited to share an excerpt from chapter 8 of Sadie Robertson Huff's new book, Who Are You Following? with you. Thank you, Sadie! “Are you…

WonderfullyMadeFebruary 3, 2022

Living as God’s Beloved blog

Living as God’s Beloved

By: Allie Marie Smith You are God's beloved. Nothing can separate you from this identity and love. Unbelief cannot. Insecurity cannot. Pride cannot. Manning continues…

WonderfullyMadeFebruary 2, 2022

What I Wish I Knew About My Body in My 20s blogbody image

What I Wish I Knew About My Body in My 20s

By: Ann Swindell I spent a good portion of my twenties focusing on my body and being critical about the shape of it, the size…

WonderfullyMadeJanuary 24, 2022

How to Show Grace When Friendship Hurts blog

How to Show Grace When Friendship Hurts

By: Bailey T. Hurley The phone rang and rang. This was the third time this month I was trying to reach her. We had just…

WonderfullyMadeJanuary 19, 2022

HerStory: All Things Together for Good, Featuring Cathy Lerch blogHerSTORY

HerStory: All Things Together for Good, Featuring Cathy Lerch

Tell us about yourself!  I live in San Antonio, Texas with my husband. We have been married for more than a year and recently bought…

WonderfullyMadeJanuary 4, 2022

Ordinary Community Can Make Up an Extraordinary Life blog

Ordinary Community Can Make Up an Extraordinary Life

By: Bailey T. Hurley When I was a senior in high school, my mom took me out of high school for a month (or at…

WonderfullyMadeDecember 31, 2021

How I’ve Found Joy This Christmas blogChristmasfaith

How I’ve Found Joy This Christmas

By: Kathryn Stangel The season of Advent is a time of spiritual preparation, when we ready our minds and hearts to receive the greatest gift…

WonderfullyMadeDecember 21, 2021

When Hardship Strikes: The Journey of a Maturing Faith blog

When Hardship Strikes: The Journey of a Maturing Faith

By: Amy Debrucque “There is a difference between having a childlike faith and being a childish Christian.” I can’t remember anything unnatural and unexpected happening…

WonderfullyMadeDecember 17, 2021

The Secret to Creating Friendships That Last blog

The Secret to Creating Friendships That Last

By: Ann Swindell In a world bloated with quick fixes, instant gratification and social media profiles, it can be hard to know how to build—and…

WonderfullyMadeDecember 6, 2021

Prayer Is a Lifeline, Not a Luxury blogfaith

Prayer Is a Lifeline, Not a Luxury

By: Amy Cummins “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall…

WonderfullyMadeNovember 27, 2021

Check in on Your Friends: How Collective Care Will Unite Us blog

Check in on Your Friends: How Collective Care Will Unite Us

By: Bailey T. Hurley During a routine Wednesday night—quick dinner, kids in bed, followed by small group—a guy in our community confessed how worried he…

WonderfullyMadeNovember 19, 2021

Wonderfully Made’s 2021 Gift Guide blogChristmasSeasonal

Wonderfully Made’s 2021 Gift Guide

The holidays give us the chance to show the people closest to us our appreciation and love of them through gifts. If you're looking for…

WonderfullyMadeNovember 15, 2021

Transformed by Suffering with Lauren Scruggs Kennedy blog

Transformed by Suffering with Lauren Scruggs Kennedy

By: Casey Parker Photo Credit: Ashley Wingo A note from Allie: Through our ministry partnership with The Beautifully Flawed Foundation (formerly Friends of Bethany Hamilton), which…

WonderfullyMadeNovember 8, 2021

What We’re Reading: “Fighting Words” by Ellie Holcomb blogbook review

What We’re Reading: “Fighting Words” by Ellie Holcomb

By: Amy Cummins We often speak without considering the impact of our words. How often, for example, have we thought or said to ourselves, “I…

WonderfullyMadeNovember 1, 2021

Fear not: How to Cultivate Hope in Dark Times blog

Fear not: How to Cultivate Hope in Dark Times

By: Jennifer Lockemeyer Hope hurts. It requires us to acknowledge that we’re not where we want to be, or where we feel we’re supposed to…

WonderfullyMadeOctober 14, 2021

Healing Your Relationship to Food & Body Image — 9 Podcast Episodes to Listen to blogbody image

Healing Your Relationship to Food & Body Image — 9 Podcast Episodes to Listen to

Rising Above Body Shame and Living Free — with Jess Connolly How Self-Objectification Makes Us Sick — with Allie Marie Smith Becoming Healthy from the…

WonderfullyMadeOctober 8, 2021

The Best Day of Your Life Is Not Your Wedding Day blogfaith

The Best Day of Your Life Is Not Your Wedding Day

By: Ann Swindell I recently had a former student email me some questions she had. She was wrestling through things in that email, big questions…

WonderfullyMadeOctober 1, 2021

How to Fight for Peace and Joy in an Uncertain World blog

How to Fight for Peace and Joy in an Uncertain World

By: Christie Myers Sometimes in life, the burdens feel too big. Recently, I battled a bit of anxiety and gloom, feeling overwhelmed by the tasks and…

WonderfullyMadeSeptember 20, 2021