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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good point ! She knew the lay of the land.

Sometimes I feel gals like her and her internet besties were Christian to be different as teens and young adults .  Now, they are all jettisoning faith or embracing progressive versions of it to distance themselves [/quote]

Yeah, it is curious that her friend and sibling groups seem to have morphed with her. Nobody seems shocked by her lifestyle, her bragging about sleeping with boyfriend, swearing and vulgar talk, progressive stance, extreme materialism etc - you’d think if they were all “good christian girls” together at one time that someone, somewhere might be appalled by the new Jen - but no one seems to be.[/quote]

That's because Jen's celebrity Christianity ultimately never really had anything to do with genuine Christianity in the first place and many of the people who glommed onto it were never really interested in the real thing. They were more interested in being cool, feeling good about themselves, having a good time, or having the approval of mainstream culture than they were in following Jesus.

I spent over 10 years in a church plant where a large number of the women were really into Jen Hatmaker, Glennon Doyle, and other pop, progressive Christian celebrities and those women were largely spiritual disasters. Eventually, the church plant failed and the disastrous influence of those women and the voices they listened to, like Jen, were a part of the reason for that failure. [/quote]

I followed Jen in the beginning.  I used some of her early books in studies at my church which makes me almost vomit thinking about now.

Never Glennon who I considered to be a clear toxic narcissist from the get go.

With Jen, though, it was a slower revelation.  The Moxie book rubbed me the wrong way big time with the materialistic humble brags it was practically unreadable also it was increasingly evident that she (and her ex) were in it for the fame and money.

Part of me grieves for Jen and also part of me hates what she’s become.

Trust me, though, she doesn’t care.  That’s why this little forum is a bit of medicine.[/quote]

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