Holly is a student of the Word who praises God for filling her with the desire to know more of Christ and the power of his resurrection. She is a lover of people who has enjoyed diverse ministry and educational experience.

Holly has been married to Richard for 43 years, the Executive Director of CCF—a foundation advancing Christian higher education. After homeschooling her two
children and teaching college courses for twenty years, Holly left the classroom to focus on speaking engagements, counseling, writing, and blogging at lifehurts.us.

Supporting her husband through the years in his various roles as an accountant, professor, pastor, and college president has presented Holly with ongoing instruction in loving others well, training her by grace to lean hard into Christ and boast alone in the Cross.