Becoming who you were created to be flows from a deeper knowing of God’s love.

For those who long to move beyond fear and striving into a more grounded life of identity, purpose, and connection with God and others.

Begin the path to becoming wholehearted.

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Many believers live with a quiet ache. Life is full of careers, families, responsibilities, and commitments, yet beneath the busyness is a longing for something more—more depth, more freedom, more of the life Jesus promised.

Becoming Wholehearted is an invitation to becoming who you’re created to be as you move from knowing about God’s love to experiencing it as the transforming center of your story.

  • Encounter

    Encounter biblical truth through vulnerable stories of lived transformation.

  • Discover

    Discover how fear and pride quietly shape our choices—and how trust and humility open the way toward deeper freedom and fulfilled desire. 

  • Understand

    Understand your heart as the gateway to connection with God and others, using practical tools illustrated through personal narrative.

  • Grow

    Grow inconfidence to live from your true identity and in courage to step more fully into God’s purpose for you.

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Meet the Authors

In Becoming Wholehearted, Anisa Sumlar and Larry Bolden draw from their ongoing journeys and more than twenty years of ministry to invite readers into a lived experience of God’s transforming love.

  • Larry Bolden founded Wellspring Group in 2003 out of a desire to guide others into a wholehearted knowing of God’s love in community. For more than 50 years, Larry has grappled personally—and alongside countless others—with three enduring questions: Am I loved? Who am I? Why am I here?

    His greatest joy is seeing people discover the path toward those answers earlier than he did, as lives are reshaped by God’s love, affecting generations.

  • Anisa Sumlar is the Creative Director at Wellspring Group, where she designs curriculum and leads retreats shaped by her passion to see believers set free from fear and shame.

    Anisa brings a grounded, relational approach to helping people live from their God-given identity and step into the fullness of who they were created to be.

  • "Through personal, vulnerable storytelling and deep biblical insight, Larry and Anisa reveal the beauty of surrender to vulnerability, suffering, and ultimately to God. Surrender has brought me face to face with the depths of my pride, but as I embrace humility, God is opening my heart to His divine love. This ongoing experience is profoundly shaping who I am as a wife, mother, and small business owner."

    — Laura Stechmesser, involved since 2015*

  • "We are easily deceived into believing God cannot be trusted. This book shows that the answer is not working harder or shutting down our hearts, but going deeper by unleashing our hearts, surrendering pride, and pursuing God with wholehearted humility. God has used these insights to radically transform my life, leading me into deeper trust and connection with Him and the fulfillment of my heart’s deepest desires. For anyone seeking a more authentic, wholehearted relationship with God, this book is a must-read."

    — Bryan Taylor, CFA, Cornerstone Management, Inc., involved since 2012*

  • "Becoming wholehearted transformed everything in my life. I moved from being a task-focused leader to a people-focused one, from hiding behind competence to living vulnerably. My wife and I now connect more deeply, fighting for each other instead of with each other. In Nigeria, I have watched missionaries and national leaders slow down and engage one another’s hearts, including areas of profound pain they had long normalized. As mission leaders, we have seen that when people stop hiding and live from their whole hearts, God’s transforming love meets their deepest longings to be seen, known, and loved, changing the way they live, relate, and disciple people."

    — Chris Guzzardo, Mission Base Leader, Nigeria, involved since 2013*

*When each person began Wellspring Group’s Battle for the Heart experience

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Wellspring Group is a discipleship ministry that offers spiritual formation retreats and small group experiences, inviting believers to move beyond knowing about God’s love into a life-changing experience of his love. Through guided experiences in community, Wellspring creates space to encounter God, understand the heart more deeply, and grow in authentic, life-giving relationships.

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