“There is something so marvelous about women comfortable in their own skin.” — Jen Hatmaker Body image Copy Share Image
“The cross leveled the playing field, and no earthly distinction is valid anymore.” — Jen Hatmaker Cross Copy Share Image
There are only 24 hours in a day. We need to quit trying to be awesome and instead be wise. — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
A fast is not necessarily something we offer God, but it assists us in offering ourselves — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“Constant prayer interrupts our ego trips and disrupts our toxic trajectories.” — Jen Hatmaker Prayer 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
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
“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
“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
“...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
“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
“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 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
Our children are humans and deserve to be treated respectfully. Discipline doesn’t include raging, screaming, abusing, neglecting, humiliating, or shaming our kids.… — Jen Hatmaker Children Copy Share Image
“Isolation concentrates every struggle. The longer we keep our heartaches tucked away in the dark, the more menacing they become. Pulling them… — Jen Hatmaker Heartaches Copy Share Image
“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
I see a strategy for fracturing humanity well in play: just keep people separated and let them reinforce invented boundaries in their… — Jen Hatmaker Barriers Copy Share Image
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 Change Copy Share Image
“People may hate us because of Jesus, but they should never hate Jesus because of us. The way we treat others should… — Jen Hatmaker Jesus Copy Share Image
“We are never defeated, not even when all the evidence appears to the contrary. If you are still breathing, there is always… — Jen Hatmaker Failure Copy Share Image
You will never have this day with your children again. Tomorrow they will be a little bigger then they are today. This… — Jen Hatmaker Attention Copy Share Image
“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 Compassion Copy Share Image
“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 Sacrifice Copy Share Image
Our only hope to speak with kindness, to lead with patience, and to not threaten our children with homicide is to ensure… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“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 Entire life Copy Share Image
“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 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
“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
Be patient. Do the best with what you know. When you know more, adjust the trajectory. — Jen Hatmaker 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
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
“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
“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
When the jars of clay remember they are jars of clay, the treasure within gets all the glory, which seems somehow more… — Jen Hatmaker 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