About Heart Care Coaching

Heart Care Coaching exists to help individuals and couples experience deeper connection, healing, and renewal. We believe lasting change begins in the heart and is rooted in God’s design for relationships. Through Christ-centered coaching, we create a safe and supportive space to explore what’s beneath the surface, address past wounds, and move forward. Our heart is to walk alongside those who are weary and help them rediscover what is possible for themselves, their marriage, and their future.

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Meet John

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John Kiehl has spent more than three decades walking with couples and families through some of their most difficult and meaningful seasons. He is the founder of Heart Care Coaching and House on the Rock Ministries, a Christian marriage and family ministry established in 1990 alongside his wife, Debbie.

John’s work has always been rooted in a simple but profound conviction: marriages and families were God’s idea, and they flourish best when built on a solid, life-giving foundation.

Over the years, he has helped thousands of couples find clarity, healing, and renewed hope by addressing not just behaviors, but the deeper matters of the heart.

Through teaching, coaching, and training, John has seen firsthand how unresolved wounds, unmet expectations, and spiritual exhaustion can quietly erode even the strongest relationships. His approach is both biblically grounded and deeply compassionate, offering a safe space for honest conversation, reflection, and growth.

Heart Care Coaching represents a natural evolution of John’s lifelong calling. While his earlier ministry focused on education and counseling, Heart Care Coaching is designed to be more accessible and relational, meeting people where they are and helping them move forward with intention and hope. This is not about quick fixes or surface-level solutions, but about lasting transformation that begins within.

In addition to his work with couples and individuals, John has trained and equipped pastors and Christian leaders internationally, helping extend heart-focused marriage care across cultures and contexts. His passion remains the same today as it was when he began: to see hearts restored, relationships renewed, and lives aligned with God’s design.

John considers it a privilege to walk alongside those who are weary, discouraged, or simply longing for something more. He believes healing is possible and that no marriage is beyond hope when hearts are willing to be cared for.

Our Services

Every season of life is different, and the support you need should reflect that. Heart Care Coaching offers a variety of care formats so you can choose what fits your schedule, your needs, and your marriage.

Get in touch with John to discuss which option might be best for you. 

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Meet in person for 90-minute weekly sessions in the greater Springfield, Missouri area.

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Weekly 90-minute sessions via Zoom designed to fit your schedule

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A two-day overnight couple retreat in the greater Springfield, Missouri area