There are only 24 hours in a day. We need to quit trying to be awesome and instead be wise. — Jen Hatmaker 24 hours Copy Share Image
“The cross leveled the playing field, and no earthly distinction is valid anymore.” — Jen Hatmaker Cross Copy Share Image
“There is something so marvelous about women comfortable in their own skin.” — Jen Hatmaker Body image Copy Share Image
“I marvel at how out of place simple, humble Jesus would be in today's American churches.” — Jen Hatmaker Jesus Copy Share Image
“G. K. Chesterton wrote: “A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.”2 Change… — Jen Hatmaker Change Copy Share Image
Adoption is an answer to a tragedy that has already happened, but may it never be the impetus for one that hasn’t. — Jen Hatmaker Adoption Copy Share Image
“I have spent half of my life listening to someone else talk about God. Because of this history, I've developed something of… — Jen Hatmaker History Copy Share Image
“I may just be one shade of one color of one strand, but I'm part of an elaborate tapestry that goes beyond… — Jen Hatmaker Tapestry Copy Share Image
“I approach this project in the spirit of a fast: an intentional reduction, a deliberate abstinence to summon God's movement in my… — Jen Hatmaker Fasting Copy Share Image
“We cannot carry the gospel to the poor and lowly while emulating the practices of the rich and powerful.” — Jen Hatmaker Christianity Copy Share Image
When the jars of clay remember they are jars of clay, the treasure within gets all the glory, which seems somehow more… — Jen Hatmaker Clay Copy Share Image
“What is not to love about a guy who pulled children onto His lap and saved a failing party and touched the… — Jen Hatmaker Children 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
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
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
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 Default 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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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 Criticized 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
“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
“But God's idea of a fast is less about what we're against and more about what we are for. (...) When we… — Jen Hatmaker God Said Copy Share Image
It is immature and lazy to imagine we know everything there is to know about someone before we know that someone. We… — Jen Hatmaker Best memories Copy Share Image
“Finally, I would hug 2004 Jen, understanding that discipleship is a journey, and each stage is a necessary precursor to the following… — Jen Hatmaker Discipleship Copy Share Image
“Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one man or one woman can do against the enormous array… — Jen Hatmaker Faith Copy Share Image
“This has everything to do with parenting, because the kind of disciple I am dictates the kind of mother I am. I… — Jen Hatmaker Children Copy Share Image
“God gave humanity many healing tools, and they exist far beyond circumstances. Some of them are traditionally spiritual: prayer, communion, sanctuary, Scripture.… — Jen Hatmaker Bible Copy Share Image
“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 Descend Copy Share Image
“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 Christianity Copy Share Image
“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 Friendship Copy Share Image
Be patient. Do the best with what you know. When you know more, adjust the trajectory. — Jen Hatmaker Adjust Copy Share Image
“Constant prayer interrupts our ego trips and disrupts our toxic trajectories.” — Jen Hatmaker Prayer 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 don't know how God holds the kingdom in balance or why he moves a chess piece at a crucial time; we might never see the results of his sovereignty [...] I might just be one shade…” quote by Jen Hatmaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/51c/jen-hatmaker-4184_balance_our-stories-affect-one-another-whether-w_3182996.jpg)
