“After Jesus' fast, he began healing, rescuing, redeeming. The Spirit filled up the emptiness Jesus created, launching him into ministry. In some… — Jen Hatmaker Christianity Copy Share Image
“There is a biblical benchmark I now use. We will refer to this criterion for every hard question, big idea, topic, assessment… — Jen Hatmaker Bible Copy Share Image
“In a culture that elevates beauty and style, the Christian community is at genuine risk fordistraction, even deception. What do we truly… — Jen Hatmaker Authenticity Copy Share Image
“If understood, believed, and lived out, God’s plan would naturally place Christians at the epicenter of their communities, like hope magnets, like… — Jen Hatmaker Christianity Copy Share Image
“I've discovered reduced consumption doesn't equal reduced community or reduced contentment. There is something liberating about unplugging the machine to discover the… — Jen Hatmaker Happiness Copy Share Image
“What does this season require of you? Unsure? Ask God. He is a wonderful advisor who always, always knows the Best Thing.… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
I won't defile my blessings by imagining that I deserve them. Until every human receives the dignity I casually enjoy, I pray… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“Wise women know what to hold onto and what to release, and how to walk confidently in their choices—no regrets, no apologies,… — Jen Hatmaker Freedom Copy Share Image
“I don’t want my kids safe and comfortable. I want them BRAVE. I don’t want to teach them to see danger under… — Jen Hatmaker Broken world Copy Share Image
“I am being lured back to the way of Jesus. I am finding it - sorry for this - spiritual. I'd kind… — Jen Hatmaker Bad day Copy Share Image
“I'm going to bed tonight grateful for warmth, an advantage so expected it barely registers. May my privileges continue to drive me… — Jen Hatmaker Blessings Copy Share Image
“We've invented a thousand shades of gray, devising a comfortable Christian existence we can all live with—super awesome, except the Bible doesn't… — Jen Hatmaker Bible Copy Share Image
“Simply speaking truth out loud is healing in and of itself. When people courageously voice a true, hard thing, they’ve already stolen… — Jen Hatmaker Truth Copy Share Image
“Back then, there weren’t channels dedicated to subcategories of the population. There was no Disney channel, no Food Network, no ESPN, no… — Jen Hatmaker Confederate flag Copy Share Image
“They try to assign Him the power and public sway He always resisted; people want to make a starlet out of Jesus.… — Jen Hatmaker Love sacrifice Copy Share Image
“Dialogue is easily spooked, so you must be vigilant against fear, dismissal, manipulation, and apathy—true enemies of safe dialogue. You’ll feel it… — Jen Hatmaker Communication Copy Share Image
I don't want my kids safe and comfortable. I want them BRAVE. ... I don't want to be the reason my kids… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“I'm going to bed tonight grateful for warmth, an advantage so expected it barely registers. (…) I won't defile my blessings by… — Jen Hatmaker Blessings Copy Share Image
“Ah, marriage. The kind of union we have affects our children infinitely more than the schools we put them in, the activities… — Jen Hatmaker Children Copy Share Image
“Media has changed the way we interact with one another and what we spend our time doing. Our social norms have changed.… — Jen Hatmaker Social media Copy Share Image
“Except for a year or two in my parenting tenure, I’ve always been a working mom. Sometimes part time, sometimes from home,… — Jen Hatmaker Parenting Copy Share Image
“What if all my silly little individual purchases do matter? What if I joined a different movement, one that was less enticed… — Jen Hatmaker Justice Copy Share Image
If a fast doesn't include any sacrifices, then it's not a fast. The discomfort is where the magic happens. Life zips along,… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
We cannot carry the gospel to the poor and lowly while emulating the practices of the rich and powerful. We’ve been invited… — Jen Hatmaker Christianity Copy Share Image
For whatever reason I was born into privilege; I've never known hunger, poverty, or despair. I have been blessed, blessed, blessed--relationally, emotionally,… — Jen Hatmaker Blessed Copy Share Image
“This life is not a race or a contest, there is enough abundance to go around, your seat at the table is… — Jen Hatmaker Abundance Copy Share Image
“Jesus operates beyond the tidy boundaries of good behavior. Rather than simply enforce His rules, we should show our kids His kingdom.… — Jen Hatmaker Fall in love Copy Share Image
“...I manage to feel guilty one way or another, no matter which purchasing priority wins the day. I've either spent too much,… — Jen Hatmaker Guilty Copy Share Image
“Loved people love people. Forgiven people forgive people. Adored people adore people. Freed people free people. But when we are still locked… — Jen Hatmaker Free people Copy Share Image
“The boys organized air-soft gun wars, so eight sweaty, stinky boys are running through my house wielding semiautomatic pellet guns dressed in… — Jen Hatmaker Boys Copy Share Image
“The men-first hierarchy delivered as advertised. Organizing God is so vulnerable to human corruption, it should be the most terrifying venture on… — Jen Hatmaker God Copy Share Image
Our stories affect one another whether we know it or not. Sometimes obedience isn't for us at all, but for another. We… — Jen Hatmaker Balance Copy Share Image
“It is incredibly tempting to disparage people who didn’t “change” with us. I have criticized the words of others when the same… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“While it is easy to become paralyzed by the world's suffering and the inequalities created by corruption and greed, we actually hold… — Jen Hatmaker Change Copy Share Image
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