She had all of her “Christian” ducks in a row…. until God swept them all to the side. Jen Hatmaker was a Christian speaker and author, married to a PASTOR for heaven’s sake who spent every day of her life doing the church thing and doing it well. But then, Jen prayed a prayer: “God, raise up in me a holy passion.”
And that’s when her whole life got completely messed up.
In this episode of “So Here’s the Thing” Kathi and Erin talk to Jen about her book, “Interrupted: When Jesus Wrecks Your Comfortable Christianity” and discuss how that one simple prayer led her to flip her life upside down… and do everything from serving the poor to letting HGTV invade her home.
Tell us in the comments below how Jen’s experience of being interrupted has inspired you to pray for a holy passion or what is keeping you in your comfortable Christianity. Two winners will be randomly chosen and will receive two copies of Interrupted.
This printable is a great reminder that HE is indeed serious about all of this! Print it out for you, your friends, your friends friends… you get the idea.
Interrupted follows the author’s messy journey through life and church and into living on mission. Snatching Jen from the grip of her consumer life, God began asking her questions like, “What is really the point of My Church? What have I really asked of you?” She was far too busy doing church than being church, even as a pastor’s wife, an author of five Christian books, and a committed believer for 26 years. She discovered she had missed the point.
Christ brought Jen and her family to a place of living on mission by asking them tough questions, leading them through Scripture, and walking together with them on the path. Interrupted invites readers to take a similar journey.
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About the Guest
Jen Hatmaker
Jen Hatmaker is the author of 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess and A Modern Girl’s Bible Study series. With a heart for her generation, she speaks at conferences around the country and writes for numerous sites and outlets. She and her family are featured in an 8-episode series on HGTV called “My Big Family Renovation” airing July 2014. She resides in Austin, Texas with her husband Brandon and their five children. To learn more about Jen, check out her speaking schedule, and follow her blog, go to www.jenhatmaker.com.
About Your Host
Kathi Lipp
Kathi Lipp is the author of 16 books including Overwhelmed, Clutter Free, The Get Yourself Organized Project, The Husband Project, and Happy Habits for Every Couple. She is the host of Clutter Free Academy the Podcast! with Kathi Lipp and speaks at conferences across the US. Kathi is also the creator of Communicator Academy and Leverage: The Speaker Conference, both designed to help writers and speakers become the communicator God has created them to be.
August 8, 2014 at 7:30 am
Yes!! —> ‘this messy, unpredictable life is not an invitation to misery, but a life of excitement’
Praying for God to move in our lives feels a little similar to ‘praying for patience’ sometimes!
So loved this and your other podcasts, Kathi!
p.s.(eeek, I can’t edit or delete my first comment. go away p-bully!)
Yes!! —> ‘this messy, unpredictable life is not an invitation to misery, but a life of excitement’
Praying for God’s to move in our lives feels a little similar to ‘praying for patience’ sometimes!
So loved this and your other podcasts, Kathi!
I am in the midst of reading both of your books right now, and I know God is going to be working on me as I read…
I have to share this! Must be a “God thing”! I never never never get to watch t.v if there is any hope at all I have to record it on the DVR. WELL that DVR with all my amazing I will get to watch then some day show got erased when it went to DVR heaven and we were shipped a new one. tonight my amazing husband is doing bed time, so I have time for a t.v show or two. with no recorded show I turned on my go to network HGTV and I start watching this awesome show I have never seen before called “My big Family Renovation” as I am watching I start thinking this mom is awesome I like her style. THEN I open my email because I have to do something while watching commercials and find this!!!!! what!!!? this does not happen! so here we go I am going to listen to this pod cast with an open heart and ears because apparently God really wants me to get something from Jen Hatmaker. Or we are just supposed to be new BFFs Jen! lol
I’ve been a Christian since I was 5 years old and am 37 now. After 32 years of my walk with Jesus being mostly all about me…I’m ready for more. I’ve been praying for a while now that God would do something in my family….give us a common goal, desire, or ministry that would ignite our hearts for God and give us opportunity touch our world with His love and truth. Jen’s story has inspired me to keep praying that prayer!!! I want God to shake up my family and me…I’m tired of our comfy, safe, Christian life, and I’m ready for God to do crazy things in and through us!!!