Joy Wendling

Founder of Created to Play and Host of Playfully Faithful Parenting Podcast

As a mom of 5 girls under 10, Joy knows how hard motherhood can be. She has learned the secret to living an abundant life is making time for faith-filled play. Joy shares about this, playful parenting, discipleship, and discipline twice a week on her podcast, Playfully Faithful Parenting. Joy holds a Master's in Youth, Family, and Culture from Fuller Theological Seminary and is a Connected Families Certified Parent Coach with a certificate in Parenting for Faith from Cliff College. She has 20+ years of children's, youth, and family ministry experience, as well as experience in Christian Early Childhood Education. Her first and second published books should be out in 2023. She believes we are all created to play and loves to equip Christ-followers to use play in pursuing their faith. Most days you'll find her gazing at the mountains and water from her Pacific Northwest Island home with a cold Diet Coke and kids laughing (or yelling) in the background.