Best-selling author, speaker and blogger Jen Hatmaker has once again reached best-selling status with her updated book, Interrupted (NavPress).

Comfort, money and safe Christianity were a way of life for the Hatmakers until they became plagued with tension, discontent and a nagging sense that there must be more. There had to be a faith somewhere that rang true, hopeful and gracious rather than the self-indulged, partisan brand of Christianity they’d been chasing.

Could it be that this pastor’s wife, author of five Christian books, sought-after speaker and 26-year believer had missed the point? Was there more than serving saved people and blessing blessed people?

In Interrupted, Jen explains her messy journey through life and church and into living on mission. Snatching her 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?”

Far too busy doing church rather than being church, Jen discovered she had missed the point.

Written in her straightforward, down-to-earth, humorous style, Interrupted is the true story of how Jesus wrecked Jen’s comfortable Christianity and enlisted her in the cause of her generation, fighting for justice and healing in a broken world and representing good news that actually felt good to people again. Interrupted recounts one family’s experience, but Jen’s transparent record of her faith-changing journey has wide-ranging implications for all believers.

Full of real-world stories and statistics on relevant topics—everything from poverty to injustice to living in missions—Interrupted inspires readers to engage the gospel, our neighbors, our culture and the world. The book offers practical ideas for how Christians can serve others and impact the community to which they are sent.

Wherever believers are in their faith, Interrupted will challenge them to stop simply defending the gospel and rather represent it, loving like Jesus loved and serving like—and whom—He served.

Hatmaker is also the author of 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess and A Modern Girl’s Guide to 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 on My Big Family Renovation, an HGTV series.

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