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Simple and Free

7 Experiments Against Excess

Jen Hatmaker

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English
Convergent
02 July 2021
Why do we pursue more when we'd be happier with less? Now in hardcover for the first time, this is the story of how New York Times bestselling author Jen Hatmaker and her family tried to combat overindulgence-and what they learned about living a truly meaningful life along the way.

Why do we pursue more when we'd be happier with less? In this updated edition of 7, now in hardcover for the first time, New York Times bestselling author Jen Hatmaker tells the story of how she and her family tried to combat overindulgence-and what they learned along theway about living a truly meaningful life.

Simple & Free is the true story of how Jen Hatmaker (along with her family) identified seven areas of excess-food, clothes, spending, media, possessions, waste, and stress-and made seven simple choices to fight back against the modern-day diseases of greed, materialism, and overindulgence. So, what's the payoff from living a deeply reduced life? It's the discovery of a greatly increased connection with God-a call toward simplicity and generosity that transcends social experiment to become a radically better life.

In this new edition, written not just for readers of faith but for everyone who craves a gentler, simpler life, Hatmaker shares how sustainability and generosity still impact and challenge her today. Annotated throughout with new reflections from the author, this book offers thoughtful insights on the vastly different world of Simple & Free from back when it was first published as 7, and considers the dramatically different space Hatmaker occupies now. Simple & Free is funny, raw, and not a guilt trip in the making. Come along and discover what Jesus' version of rich, blessed, and generous might look like in your life.
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Imprint:   Convergent
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   Annotated edition
Dimensions:   Height: 210mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 1mm
Weight:   438g
ISBN:   9780593236765
ISBN 10:   0593236769
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jen Hatmaker is the author of the New York Times bestsellers For the Love and Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire. She hosts the award-winning podcast For the Love, is the delighted curator of the Jen Hatmaker Book Club, and leads a tight-knit online community where she reaches millions of people each week. Hatmaker is a co-founder of Legacy Collective, a giving community that grants millions of dollars around the world. She is a mom to five kids and lives happily just outside Austin, Texas, in a 1908 farmhouse with questionable plumbing.

Reviews for Simple and Free: 7 Experiments Against Excess

The 7 experiment was the catalyst for us selling our business and our house, downsizing from 3600 square feet to 750, and giving more. I need to use this book as a compass to keep myself focused on what matters. --Kristi, lifetime quarantine trainee and fairly new GIF user Simple & Free is my favorite thing an author could possibly do: revisit her previous work to edit herself in real time. I love the apologies, the corrections, the humility, and the selfdeprecation. If we have grown, we all need to have some words with ourselves and our previously held thoughts and beliefs. --Allison Pickett, book lover, loud talker, and, seriously, don't leave her alone with salsa I'm incredibly thankful for a book like 7, which planted seeds in me all those years ago. We still recycle. We compost. And we garden. I enjoy the new commentary and appreciate being able to see where [Jen] corrects herself instead of changing the language--an example of how we all make mistakes and how to acknowledge them with grace and humility. --Liz, lover of books (especially buying them) 7 completely changed the way I thought about my spending and consumption. I, too, thought that I didn't care much about clothes, and then I had to stop counting at 300+ items. Simple & Free is a must-read; Jen's honesty, humility, and humor walk me through how I can love others through my choices. --Kristi, Enneagram 1 who prefers to be known as an Improver instead of a Perfectionist When I first read 7, I was a social worker living in my dream place and following Jesus the best I could. I shopped a lot and thought nothing of it. 7 revolutionized my thoughts about excess. I had to let go of all the things that I thought I loved. Simple & Free is like sitting on the floor reading an old journal with a dear friend. --Regina, (mostly) recovering shoe addict


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