Bearing witness to the madness and the miracle. (Abundance means we get it all.)
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The Eight Dollar Buy That Will Make Your Summer Better
(And every title I read so far this year, including the wildly popular novel I didn't like. Buckle up!)
There are summers I long for rest, summers I long for delight or creative pursuits. This year, as we take the curve into Summer ‘26, I...
What Do We Owe Our Children?
Answering the question I've been asked for the past fifteen years.
I was taking audience questions at the final stop of the Counterweights book tour when a woman said, “I really appreciate how you and your husband choose to live your lives...
Notes from the Road
People of the Soup - I am writing this from the road, deep in the 90-degree heat of Waco Texas, after a jam-packed, epic road-trip across the state. So. Much. Driving! For weeks leading up to this (final) leg of the Counterweights tour, I s...
Why Experiencing Spring Matters
rootedness, yard clippings, and daylight's slow crescendo
“I fell into peace with the seasons changing me. No permission required.”
A Memorial
on the death and life of my neighbors and my faith
A few days ago, a woman named Lisa was murdered on Main Street, in broad daylight, by her ex-husband. Several times a day, I drive past the make-shift memorial near the bench where she had...
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Best-selling author of Counterweights & The Ministry of Ordinary Places. Community kitchen cook. 15-yr victim of the "slippery slope" out of Conservative politics. Cloud-gazing softens us. Community saves us.
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Jen Hatmaker is an author, podcaster, speaker, and advocate for women living in freedom and agency. With 15 books, along with her For the Love podcast and book club, she reaches millions with her signature mix of humor, vulnerability, and wisdom.
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