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Jen Hatmaker

Biography

Jen Hatmaker

Jen Hatmaker, sought-after speaker, Big Sister Emeritus and Chief BFF, is a popular blogger and beloved author of 11 Bible studies and books, including New York Times bestseller FOR THE LOVE: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards, and OF MESS AND MOXIE: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life.

Jen is the happy hostess of a tightly knit online community where she reaches millions of people each week in addition to speaking at retreats, conferences and seminars all around the country. Jen and her hubby, Brandon, are founders of the organizations Restore Austin, which connects churches and non-profits in the Austin community, and the Legacy Collective, a giving community that granted more than a million dollars in its first year. The couple also pastors Austin New Church and lives on the outskirts of Austin with their five kids: Gavin, Sydney, Caleb, Ben and Remy, in a 1910-era farmhouse that they recently overhauled as stars of the HGTV series "Big Family Renovation."

Books by Jen Hatmaker

by Jen Hatmaker - Humor, Nonfiction, Relationships

Jen Hatmaker --- beloved author, Big Sister Emeritus and Chief BFF --- offers another round of hilarious tales, frank honesty and hope for the woman who has forgotten her moxie. Whether discussing the grapple with change or the time she drove to the wrong city for a fourth-grade field trip, Jen parlays her own triumphs and tragedies into a sigh of relief for all normal, fierce women everywhere who, like her, sometimes hide in the car eating crackers but also want to get back up and get back out, to live undaunted “in the moment” no matter what the moments hold.

by Jen Hatmaker - Christian, Christian Living, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality

Bestselling author Jen Hatmaker is convinced that life can be lovely, fun, courageous and kind. She knows how the squeeze of this life can make us competitive and judgmental, how we can lose love for others and then for ourselves. In this raucous ride to freedom for modern women, Hatmaker bares the refreshing wisdom, wry humor, no-nonsense faith, liberating insight and fearless honesty that have made her beloved by women worldwide.