Erica Barthalow is not your stereotypical pastor’s wife. 

Praying hasn’t come easy and her faith has been hard fought. After decades of struggling to pray and a debilitating season of doubt while serving as a missionary to India, she decided it was time to drop the act and get honest so that others would know struggling doesn’t have to equal shame.   

Erica is the author of Praying is (not) Hard and Holy Doubt. Her writing has been featured in Truly Magazine, and on relevantmagazine.com and influencemagazine.com. When she’s not writing you can find her running with her daughter or cheering at her son’s rugby matches. A Midwestern girl to the core, Erica and her family live in northeast Iowa where she and her husband, Jonathan, planted Crosspoint Church and she enjoys extended winter seasons every year.