Jen Hatmaker

Obedience isn’t a lack of fear. It’s just doing it scared.

— Jen Hatmaker

“I suspect the wilderness is a permanent home for me, which is both happy and hard.”

— Jen Hatmaker

“Flatten your feet, because nothing in your life is too dead for resurrection.”

— Jen Hatmaker

Take something away, and your habits become clear.

— Jen Hatmaker

“Love refuses to deny or dismantle another’s perspective simply because I don’t share it.”

— Jen Hatmaker

“If i bought something that didn't warrant more than three wearings, I did not need it.”

— Jen Hatmaker

Usually the things we think we need become the very things we need a break from.

— Jen Hatmaker

We have this one life to offer; there is no second chance.

— Jen Hatmaker

In so many ways I am the opposite of Jesus' lifestyle. This keeps me up at night. I can't have authentic communion…

— Jen Hatmaker

“Don’t bury that talent, because the only thing fear yields is one dormant gift in a shallow grave.”

— Jen Hatmaker

“...when the exhaustive exegesis of God's Word doesn't create people transformed into the image of Jesus, we have missed the forest for…

— Jen Hatmaker

“Cooking dinner is a sacred gateway from work to rest, from seven separate lives to one shared table.”

— Jen Hatmaker

For Jesus, who lived so lightly on this earth, He didn’t even have a place to lay His head. I want so…

— Jen Hatmaker

“We need not fear that He will say, “You loved too greatly, too liberally, too generously, too shockingly.”

— Jen Hatmaker

“All due respect to the Resurrection, but two-becoming-one might be the greatest miracle ever.”

— Jen Hatmaker

“The church the Bible described is exciting and adventurous and wrought with sacrifice. It cost believers everything, and they still came.”

— Jen Hatmaker

“Of course, in a hundred years, no one will remember any of us and our story will be lost in obscurity, but…

— Jen Hatmaker

“The middle place still has a lot of life left, so we'll store up these years like a treasure, remembering them one…

— Jen Hatmaker

“Henri Nouwen wrote: “Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people…

— Jen Hatmaker

“I suspect God is more glorified in a humble room of earnest worshipers than a massive production designed to sound "relevant" to…

— Jen Hatmaker

I see a strategy for fracturing humanity well in play: just keep people separated and let them reinforce invented boundaries in their…

— Jen Hatmaker

God does not change, but He uses change—to change us. He sends us on journeys that bring us to the end of…

— Jen Hatmaker

“People may hate us because of Jesus, but they should never hate Jesus because of us. The way we treat others should…

— Jen Hatmaker

“We are never defeated, not even when all the evidence appears to the contrary. If you are still breathing, there is always…

— Jen Hatmaker

“Don’t ever confuse the two, your life and your work. That’s what I have to say. The second is only a part…

— Jen Hatmaker

“We don’t get to opt out of living on mission because we might not be appreciated. We’re not allowed to neglect the…

— Jen Hatmaker

“Love has won infinitely more converts than theology. The first believers were drawn to Christ’s mercy long before they understood His divinity.…

— Jen Hatmaker

“Teaching by example, radical obedience, justice, mercy, activism, and sacrifice wholly inspires me. I'm at that place where "well done" trumps "well…

— Jen Hatmaker

“Instead of waiting around for church to assemble a perfect group dynamic of People Who Can Meet on Tuesdays, maybe just invite…

— Jen Hatmaker

“believe You’re my healer. I believe You are all I need. I believe You’re my portion. I believe You’re more than enough…

— Jen Hatmaker

Our only hope to speak with kindness, to lead with patience, and to not threaten our children with homicide is to ensure…

— Jen Hatmaker

“The best I offer the world is the truth—my highest gift. What the world does with it is not up to me.…

— Jen Hatmaker

“Maybe it’s my tattoos talking, but this is my favorite missional mandate. Because the perception of Christians as self-righteous segregationists is so…

— Jen Hatmaker

“Blessed are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of God (Luke 6:20). I'm learning what it means to descend, which is…

— Jen Hatmaker

“God gave humanity many healing tools, and they exist far beyond circumstances. Some of them are traditionally spiritual: prayer, communion, sanctuary, Scripture.…

— Jen Hatmaker

“When I’m sitting by my gay friends in church, I hear everything through their ears. When I’m with my recently divorced friend,…

— Jen Hatmaker

“Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one man or one woman can do against the enormous array…

— Jen Hatmaker

“This has everything to do with parenting, because the kind of disciple I am dictates the kind of mother I am. I…

— Jen Hatmaker

“God ordained the Sabbath for us, not just as another requirement from us.”

— Jen Hatmaker

“Theology very naturally follows belief, but belief very rarely follows judgment.”

— Jen Hatmaker