A fast is not necessarily something we offer God, but it assists us in offering ourselves — Jen Hatmaker Fast Copy Share Image
“God ordained the Sabbath for us, not just as another requirement from us.” — Jen Hatmaker Ordained Copy Share Image
“Theology very naturally follows belief, but belief very rarely follows judgment.” — Jen Hatmaker Belief Copy Share Image
Usually the things we think we need become the very things we need a break from. — Jen Hatmaker Break Copy Share Image
“If i bought something that didn't warrant more than three wearings, I did not need it.” — Jen Hatmaker Bought Copy Share Image
“Love refuses to deny or dismantle another’s perspective simply because I don’t share it.” — Jen Hatmaker Deny Copy Share Image
“I have a couple of long, funky necklaces I enjoy, some chunky rings, a few big bracelets to cover my wrist tattoo… — Jen Hatmaker Jewelry Copy Share Image
“Our kids are the first generation in the history of America that has a shorter life span than their parents.” — Jen Hatmaker Children Copy Share Image
“It's about creating a place to belong before people are expected to behave or even believe.” — Jen Hatmaker Belong Copy Share Image
“The church the Bible described is exciting and adventurous and wrought with sacrifice. It cost believers everything, and they still came.” — Jen Hatmaker Believers Copy Share Image
When we realize we can stop being Jesus defenders, we can start being Jesus representatives . — Jen Hatmaker Defenders Copy Share Image
Maybe we don’t recognize satisfaction because it is disguised as radical generosity, a strange misnomer in a consumer culture. — Jen Hatmaker Consumer culture Copy Share Image
“...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 Exegesis Copy Share Image
“Don’t bury that talent, because the only thing fear yields is one dormant gift in a shallow grave.” — Jen Hatmaker Fear 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
“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'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
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 Agree 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 Ache 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 Trust god 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“We don't see the New Testament church hoarding the feast for themselves, gorging, getting fatter and fatter and asking for more; more… — Jen Hatmaker Bible Copy Share Image
“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 Damage control Copy Share Image
“I suspect the wilderness is a permanent home for me, which is both happy and hard.” — Jen Hatmaker Happiness Copy Share Image
“Flatten your feet, because nothing in your life is too dead for resurrection.” — Jen Hatmaker Life Copy Share Image
“Cooking dinner is a sacred gateway from work to rest, from seven separate lives to one shared table.” — Jen Hatmaker Cooking dinner Copy Share Image
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 Christianity Copy Share Image
“All due respect to the Resurrection, but two-becoming-one might be the greatest miracle ever.” — Jen Hatmaker Humor Copy Share Image
“We need not fear that He will say, “You loved too greatly, too liberally, too generously, too shockingly.” — Jen Hatmaker Generously Copy Share Image
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 Earth Copy Share Image
