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(RNS) — 'Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle' weaves together the stories of Black lives and Black literature with the stories of the Bible.

Reading Jen Hatmaker’s Book, Simple and Free, and I’m inspired to give things away.

May 14, 2021 I just started reading Jen Hatmaker’s book, Simple and Free, a 2021 update of her book, 7. It is already getting under my skin as I look in my refrigerator, my closet, and my purse. From what I can gather, she looked at her life, and her consumption of food and the money she spent and the clothes and just generally how good she had it compared to the rest of the world, and decided to make some changes. Now, one of the things I love about Jen is that she’s so very real. The way...

Christian thought-leader Jen Hatmaker was getting asked constantly by nonprofit organizations around the world to "throw my weight toward their work," she says. The Austin-based author became known for the book "7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess," which was updated this spring into "Simple & Free," and an HGTV show called "My Big Family Renovation," which followed the renovation of an old house in Buda.  Through the show, the books and the ministry, she built an online community of most...

By Sharyn Vane Special to the American-Statesman Gregory Curtis and his wife, Tracy, loved Paris as they loved each other – fiercely, fully, flaws and all. Tracy’s diagnosis of late-stage pancreatic cancer in 2010 and her death months later gutted Curtis. He found himself back in Paris as he healed, navigating both his new life as a widower and their favorite city. Curtis chronicles that emotional journey in his affecting, heartfelt new memoir “Paris Without Her” (Kn...

March 11, 2021 On Wednesday, Penguin Random House announced that Rachel Held Evans had begun work on a children’s book that would answer the sort of questions kids have about God. Evans tragically passed in 2019, before she was able to finish the book, but her early drafts were carried to completion by her friend and fellow writer Matthew Paul Turner. Illustrations were added by UK-based artist Ying Hui Tan and now, What Is God Like? is available for pre-order. The announcement was made vi...

Simran Jeet Singh: Thank you for watching the Religion News Service series, “Anti-Racism as a Spiritual Practice.” I’m your host, Dr. Simran Jeet Singh. And this episode is part of the second season of our series, which we filmed late in 2020. The first season, which was entitled, “Becoming Less Racist,” can be viewed on religionnews.com. We thank Columbia University and Trinity University for their support in making the second season possible. So, I’m ready to introduce Lisa Sharon...

Jen Hatmaker Apologizes for Line in Inaugural Prayer Critiqued as Erasing Native Americans (RNS) — Jen Hatmaker was “proud” to offer the final prayer in the liturgy for the inaugural interfaith prayer service Thursday (Jan. 21) hosted virtually by the Washington National Cathedral. The popular Christian author, speaker and podcaster has also apologized for it — at least for the first line of the prayer, which began, “Almighty God, you have given us this good land as our heritage.” ...

Jen Hatmaker | YouTube/LIFE TODAY Christian author Jen Hatmaker, who on Thursday joined a progressive group of interfaith leaders for the National Prayer Service in honor of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, has apologized for the first line of a prayer she delivered at the event. “Almighty God, You have given us this good land as our heritage,” Hatmaker began in the prayer that she said was written by organizers of the event in her apology posted on Facebook shortly after the event. �...