Mary Katherine Backstrom On Finding Peace and Goodness in the Quiet of the Wilderness
- Preacher
- Jen Hatmaker
- Tradition
- Christian (Unspecified)
- Published
- Length
- 1:00:14
About this sermon
What happens when everything you believed about faith falls apart? Mary Katherine Backstrom knows that story well. In this raw and candid episode, MK shares her journey of questioning evangelical certainty, confronting the impact of purity culture, and finding goodness in the quiet after everything unraveled. Her memoir, Not That Wheel Jesus, is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny—and this conversation is the same. If you’ve ever wrestled with doubt, grief, or fear of what comes after certainty, this is for you. Listen to more episodes and leave a voicemail: [jenhatmaker.com/podcast] Quotes: “Confidence comes from not knowing everything and being at peace with what you can't figure out.” “If there is a God worth worshiping… no God is so fragile that your human curiosity is going to break this to pieces.” “My church robbed me of joy. And that's the opposite of what was promised.” Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Holy Hot Mess: Finding God in the Details of this Weird and Wonderful Life by Mary Katherine Backstrom - https://amzn.to/3ZV5GAi Not That Wheel, Jesus!: Stories From a Faith That Went Off-Road in the Best (and Worst) Possible Ways by Mary Katherine Backstrom - https://amzn.to/45KbY9v Rachel Held Evans - https://rachelheldevans.com/ Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church by Rachel Held Evans - https://amzn.to/4lxKkRY Dallas Willard - https://dwillard.org/ Sarah Bessey - https://www.sarahbessey.com/ Sex MeCourse - https://shop.jenhatmaker.com/products/sex-101 Dr. Celeste Holbrook - https://www.drcelesteholbrook.com/ Guest’s Links: Website - https://www.mkbackstrom.com/ Twitter - https://x.com/mkbackstrom Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MKBackstrom TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@marykatherinebackstrom Substack - https://marykatherinebackstrom.substack.com/ Connect with Jen! Jen’s Website - https://jenhatmaker.com/ Jen’s Instagram - https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/ Jen’s Facebook - https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker The For the Love Podcast is presented by Audacy.
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