Today my dear friends, Jen Hatmaker and Rachel Hollis joined me for a very special episode of the Happy Hour. Tomorrow, we are getting on a plane together to head to Ethiopia with Help One Now. This organization is doing amazing work all over the world, and we are beside ourselves to be a part. In our conversation, you'll hear all about our trip, our goals for family empowerment and how you can be involved.
Throughout our trip, you can follow us on social media (hashtags below) and learn how you can join us in empowering families, breaking the cycle of poverty and stigma and setting communities on a path to restoration and vitality. Guys, I truly could not be more excited and more proud of the work that Help One Now is doing, and I am thrilled to get to share it with you. Make sure to stay tuned over the next week, follow our journey and find out how to link arms with us.
And if that's not enough, you might want to stick around for the last few minutes of the show to hear about our cat. No spoilers, I'll just say it wasn't pretty.
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Links from the Show
#lovehopeethiopia on Instagram
Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple + Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty + The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer
What Rachel is loving: Beyonce's Lemonade
What Jen is loving: Rtic products and Viber app
Connect with Jen
Facebook // Twitter // Instagram
Connect with Rachel
Facebook // Twitter // Instagram
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Loved this episode. I looked up Help One Now and praying about how to be involved. I absolutely loved reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society- I chuckled when Jen Hatmaker mentioned it because I’ve been telling all my friends they need to read it.
I was on a mission trip to Haiti while you were in Ethiopia so I am catching up on your trip and podcasts over the last week! Really loved this one and the IJM one. Definitely went along with all the feels I feel about Haiti. This was my husband and my second trip so definitely share your love for Haiti. So thankful to be able to listen to your wisdom and be on the same page in Christian ministry! Keep it up, sista!
Jamie. It breaks my heart that you and no longer have Jen Hatmaker on your podcast anymore. May I ask why? I am a former listener of your podcast and sadly I can no longer listen anymore. When you made a public statement against your “close friend and sister” in Christ, I just wonder if you went to her and asked her how she came to the place she did on her stance with the LGBT community. She was boxed in as making an “emotional” descision and I would only hope if I was your friend in real life you would have come to me and taken the time to hear what prayer and study of scripture I had sought before publicly rebuking me and never letting me enter your podcast again. I am just wanting you to know why I can no longer listen to you podcast. I wish there was room for conversations from others other than those with the exact same bibilical views as everyone listening. I believe in Jesus and scripture and much as the next person. But I am also seeking truth in this manner and wish that this grace had been extended to your friend before a public rebuke and exile from your space. If you had her on your podcast, I would come back. Just letting you know one persons truth. I know I don’t know you or the whole story. This is just how it seems. A great book to read and try to understand someone’s perspective other than your own is “Torn” and also “Homosexualtiy, the Bible, and the Church” which goes into great theological detail of two pro and two anti homosexuals interpretations of the Bible. The point is there really needs to be more education and a place for dialogue on this topic. I have respect for people on both sides of this very important topic, but I do not respect when people refuse to educate themselves on this matter and see that it is not black and white. I do not like that an entire voice is not being heard or represented on your podcast. I’m not saying that you have to agree with this, but at least understand this more. And don’t isolate a friend you once loved so dearly because of it.