Jen Hatmaker
Progressive Christian author Jen Hatmaker cancels cancel culture in new book ‘Simple & Free’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 23, 2021
(RNS) — 'Simple & Free: 7 Experiments Against Excess' releases March 23, and Hatmaker hopes it will not only show how she has changed, but also free readers to do the same.
Jen Hatmaker apologizes for line in inaugural prayer critiqued as erasing Native Americans
By Emily McFarlan Miller — January 21, 2021
(RNS) — ‘If God gave this land to anyone, it was to the Native community who always lived here,’ Hatmaker said.
The most intriguing books on religion we read this year
By RNS staff — December 23, 2020
(RNS) — Our reading list this year, like the rest of our lives, was colored by the triple whammy of 2020: the pandemic, the racial justice protests and the presidential election.
Unlike most Christian women’s conferences, the Ally Virtual Tour isn’t shying away from politics
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 7, 2020
(RNS) — The four-week Ally Tour kicked off Monday (Oct. 5) and brings together a number of female Christian leaders to discuss faith, gender, race and politics in the countdown to the 2020 presidential election.
Jen Hatmaker, Christian author and former reality TV star, files for divorce
By Bob Smietana — September 7, 2020
(RNS) — Hatmaker asked for prayers and for privacy as she and the family work through their grief and loss during the divorce process.
Evangelicals perfected cancel culture. Now it’s coming for them.
By Jonathan Merritt — June 17, 2020
(RNS) — One Alabama megachurch preacher is experiencing a cautionary tale about a central spiritual idea: What goes around comes around.
What would Rachel Held Evans do? Late author’s voice lives on through those she championed
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 4, 2020
(RNS) — One year after her death, it appears Evans isn’t finished speaking yet.
Jen Hatmaker on her new book, the pandemic and why she has no regrets
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 24, 2020
(RNS) — Christian author and speaker Jen Hatmaker spoke to RNS about her latest book, what she learned from her experiences as an outlier in evangelicalism and what is making her feel hopeful during the coronavirus pandemic.
Evolving Faith conference offers evangelical ‘refugees’ shelter
By Roxanne Stone — October 7, 2019
DENVER (RNS) — Nearly 2,500 attendees gathered in Denver for two days to seek community in what many called "the wilderness" of deconstruction. Speakers grappled with questions about faith, church, power and justice. Even as they also mourned the death of co-founder, Rachel Held Evans.
LifeWay Christian Resources to close all stores in 2019
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 20, 2019
(RNS) — LifeWay Christian Resources announced Wednesday (March 20) it will close all of its brick-and-mortar stores this year.
RNS Best of 2017: Women bloggers spawn an evangelical ‘crisis of authority’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 28, 2017
(RNS) Christian women online have found new platforms to teach, preach and connect. "God isn't trademarked," says Sarah Bessey.
Female evangelical leaders call on the church to speak out on violence against women
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 20, 2017
(RNS) — Signers of the #SilenceIsNotSpiritual statement include more than 140 pastors, professors, heads of parachurch organizations and popular authors and speakers such as Jen Hatmaker, Rachel Held Evans, Ann Voskamp, Amena Brown and Helen Lee.
Christian author Jen Hatmaker on the ‘moxie’ it takes to get your books banned
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 7, 2017
(RNS) This summer, she's launching a new podcast that already is set to hit a million downloads in its first month. And she's releasing a book — her 12th — in which she shares more about her life's ups and downs than in any other she's written.
When the evangelical establishment comes after you
By David P. Gushee — July 17, 2017
(RNS) — Whatever abuse you take for standing with LGBTQ people is nothing compared to the abuse they suffer every day.
Notable Christians who’ve had a change of heart on LGBT issues
By Madeleine Buckley — July 12, 2017
(RNS) These 10 people have publicly broken with Christian hard-line positions against same-sex marriage.
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