Last nights post is at least honest. And big sass comes in negging her. What an ass. I don’t get the ppl who think he’s funny. He’s such a loser and a mooch. He begins w an insult and ends w a joke about her doing his taxes. One compliment sandwiched in there.

Jen went to Oklahoma Baptist Univ. A four-year school. I actually worked with a gal who went there, who was smart and funny.
Jen taught middle school for a few years before having Gavin, I think.

In Interrupted, she talks about the disparity of heading up a church in a well-to-do, maybe affluent area, preaching sacrifice and charity, while having little Sydney wear a $60 dress for one day on Easter. She was uncomfortable with the conspicuous consumption. Which feels so strange typing now. She at the time really inspired me to see how I, a Western, affluent Christian, could live a life that honored Christ. A life not of excess but of mindful, thoughtful consumption.
A simpler life could give her the peace she needs.

Anonymous wrote:She is not educated. People should stop pushing that narrative. She attended a bible college no one ever heard about, I’m not sure she graduated. Her writing is folksy and preachy. I just don’t get it.

I think she graduated bc I think she actually taught grade school when she was first married.

Anonymous wrote:What hurt the most was the self-glorifying totally ungracious and hurtful tale they spun regarding why they started ANC and left the “mega church” they served at before.

That THEY were the saviors who were going to reform a corrupt, fake, and empty church that was all only about the surface and materialism.

They both hurt a lot of people on the way out.

Now fifteen years later you just have to shake your head.

It was all about their own brands and personal ambitions. Wolves in sheep’s clothing to the core.

There’s real rot there. You see it when you get close. It leaves a mark on you.

Do you know where they served prior to ANC? i fell down this rabbit hole a year or so ago (maybe around when the separation was announced) and found it fascinating. A night or two ago, I found it again. I’d read that ANC left a bad taste in the mouths of some members who saw the cliques. I just didn’t know they came from a mega church.

The only thing Sarah Bessey seems to say is look at me.

I wonder if she will stay in the Buda house indefinitely? Remy will likely not attend a 4 yr university, so she'll probably stick around at least a few more years.
If she is shilling away, maybe she needs to consider downsizing?

Jen was at one point an engaging and kind of insightful Bible teacher. Like many here have said, she's now just one of a million voices repeating the same uninteresting crap.

If there was still someone in Jen’s life who truly loved her they’d gently pull
her aside and say Jen, you don’t need to do this 50th birthday cruise like this. You have real friends and family who love you. Just make it a private celebration with your nearest and dearest ride or dies. Just this once okay? No angles, no business plan. Just you and us.

Anonymous wrote:She is not educated. People should stop pushing that narrative. She attended a bible college no one ever heard about, I’m not sure she graduated. Her writing is folksy and preachy. I just don’t get it.

She's not a bad writer, in my opinion. And has a bright, natural humorous voice when she wants to use it. That's her real talent.

When she tried to lecture or "teach" though it comes off like a loud clanging gong of no real insight or perspective. It's just the same stuff a million other people put out into the world.
Once it was conservative Christian voices she parroted now it's the deconstruction progressive crowd. She just loudly amplifies what's already out there. Sarah Bessey, Brene Brown, Rachel Held Evans, the Body Takes a Score person, whatever her "therapist" is piping into her head at the moment. She's not a deep thinker with anything interesting or surprising to say.

And now that she's a lifestyle guru it's all about monetizing promo codes and working grifty hustles 24/7.

She is not educated. People should stop pushing that narrative. She attended a bible college no one ever heard about, I’m not sure she graduated. Her writing is folksy and preachy. I just don’t get it.

Honestly, the moral lessons I have taken from her life from reading this thread are probably her best and most lasting legacy.

So have there been folks to already book at full price and now she’s giving a discount and free airfare???!!! Strange.

Anonymous wrote:500 off cruise for 2 plus free airfare added. wonder if attendance low?

It's particularly sad that someone would want or need to monetize their 50th birthday celebration with a bunch of strangers.

So so grim.

Is she on some emergency list that they frantically call at the last minute when the Sherrie Show unexpectedly has 5 min they need to fill?

500 off cruise for 2 plus free airfare added. wonder if attendance low?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just watched the clip from Sherri today. Y’ALL.

She’s a lifestyle guru now? The entire segment was about updating your life for spring. Decor, nutrition, exercise, some weird lighted headgear for better sleep. Big Sis doesn’t know anything about this stuff. “This is all the rage on TikTok!”. Girl…. TikTok?

cringe. pure cringe. this is her career now?

Jen Hatmaker at one time drove conversation, provoked real thought and debate, had a TV show, and was a best selling author.

Now she's awkwardly braying about getting ready for spring as if she's some sort of season-shifting guru over a brief segment on daytime TV show that no one watches.

That was a painful watch. She's just not good at this.