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Interrupted: An Adventure in Relearning the Essentials of Faith
by Jen Hatmaker
It might just be a matter of timing. This book came to me at just the right moment in my life. The author tackled a number of key questions I have been grappling with in my personal priorities, in my faith community, and in the context of my living/working community. The core idea is easy to comprehend but challenging to follow. At many points, I had to put it down and take some time to reflect on the implications. The author is irreverently authentic and funny, which somewhat softened the blow of the truth spoken in love. The unyielding core message still managed to cut deep into the personal kingdom I have labored to construct and rationalized to protect all my life.
Timing matters for this book. I don't recommend it unless the reader is willing and ready to open up and re-examine everything about life priorities in the context of living out the gospel. If you have read it and were inspired by it but wonder about where to go and what to do next, please let me know. I am wondering too and am interested in talking with and praying with others on the same journey.
"The pursuit of ascension is crippling and has stunted my faith more than any other evil I’ve battled. It has saddled me with so much to defend, and it doesn’t deliver."
"I don’t want to be known for a great band.... I don't want to be praised for great programming.... I want the church to be great because we fed hungry mommas and their babies. I’d like to be great because we battled poverty with not just our money but our hands and hearts. I desire the greatness that comes from seeking not only mercy but justice for those caught in a system with trapdoors."
"The spirit of mission means that we serve our neighbors long before they are brothers or sisters in Christ. Putting their needs first, we sacrifice to love them. We act on their behalf, not with condescension as Christians Who Have All the Answers but as their true friends."
Timing matters for this book. I don't recommend it unless the reader is willing and ready to open up and re-examine everything about life priorities in the context of living out the gospel. If you have read it and were inspired by it but wonder about where to go and what to do next, please let me know. I am wondering too and am interested in talking with and praying with others on the same journey.
"The pursuit of ascension is crippling and has stunted my faith more than any other evil I’ve battled. It has saddled me with so much to defend, and it doesn’t deliver."
"I don’t want to be known for a great band.... I don't want to be praised for great programming.... I want the church to be great because we fed hungry mommas and their babies. I’d like to be great because we battled poverty with not just our money but our hands and hearts. I desire the greatness that comes from seeking not only mercy but justice for those caught in a system with trapdoors."
"The spirit of mission means that we serve our neighbors long before they are brothers or sisters in Christ. Putting their needs first, we sacrifice to love them. We act on their behalf, not with condescension as Christians Who Have All the Answers but as their true friends."