Interrupted An Adventure in Relearning the Essentials of Faith

Overview

The Gospel and the American Dream.

Somehow we’ve confused the two, trying to fit the message and life of Jesus into our idea of what we deserve. The result is a life spent pursuing comfort, even inside the walls of the church. But God wants to interrupt that pursuit.

Jen Hatmaker was comfortable in her very “churched” life until God interrupted it and led her on a journey of finding adventure, love, meaning… and Jesus. And all those things were waiting at the bottom.

God is interrupting the lives of Christ-followers and His church, reminding them that He cares deeply about issues of justice and mercy. He’s calling people to live down, to engage with the poor and the outcasts, and to find Jesus in the faces of the “least of these.”

Through a fresh and surprising look at Scripture you’ve heard before but never taken seriously, Interrupted will frustrate you, make you uncomfortable, and challenge your sensibilities. It’s the Bible study no one wants to do because everything might have to change.

Chapter Topics Include:

• Life Interrupted—Just walking along, minding my own business …
• Poor—What are the lambs hungry for?
• Low—How do we “do this in remembrance” of Him?
• Least—Who do we find at the bottom?
• Fast—What and why are we supposed to stop?
• Sent—Go on mission, or live missionally?

Study Length: 5 Sessions

Samples

• Interrupted Sample

Leader Tips

Get the inside scoop for each study session as well as valuable tips for leading a Bible study group.

Playlist

Check out these recommended tracks to accompany your study of Interrupted. Each of the songs below relate to one of the conversations discussed within Interrupted. Make these your “soundtrack” for this study.

* = Tracks provided on the Leader Kit for this study

Playlist

Name	Time	Artist	Album	Purchase
Resurrect Me	4:05	Jon Foreman	Limbs & Branches
Not Mine Anyway*	2:53	JJ Heller	Painted Red
The Least of These	4:29	Lindsey Kane	You’ll Be Whole
Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel	3:15	Joshua James	Fields & Floods
Hosanna	4:11	Andrew Peterson	Resurrection Letters, Vol. 2
In You*	4:39	Dave Hunt	Love Abounds
10,000 Children	2:47	Dave Barnes	Me and You and the World
Obsession*	5:59	David Crowder Band	Can You Hear Us?
All Because of Your Love*	3:36	Kate Hurley	All is Well—EP
Grace	5:30	U2	All That You Can’t Leave Behind
Captivate Us *	5:08	Watermark	The Purest Place
Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)	4:08	Patty Griffin	Children Running Through

Need an easy way to find all of the songs for this study’s playlist?

Visit the iTunes Store and view the Interrupted iMix—a one-stop place to find all of the recommended music for Interrupted! Find more information on the artists/albums/songs, listen to samples, pick & choose which of the songs (or all of them) that you’d like to purchase, & then click to buy!

Jen Hatmaker

Jen Hatmaker happily lives in Austin, Texas, where the city motto is “Keep Austin Weird.” (and she is certainly doing her part.) Jen and her husband, Brandon, have three kids—Gavin, Sydney, and Caleb—though the 6-year-old recently suggested that rather than belong to a family who has to “learn to make good choices,” he’d rather be homeless. (As of this writing, he hasn’t taken to the streets yet.)

Brandon and Jen joined the adventurous, neurotic world of missional church planters in March 2008 when they started Austin New Church, a community of faith obsessed about bringing justice and restoration to the city and the world. God continues to move mightily through this young church despite the good to excellent chance Jen and Brandon have of sabotaging it.

Jen, the author of Interrupted has written seven other books and Bible studies, including The Modern Girl’s Guide to Bible Study series and Ms. Understood. She travels all over the United States speaking at conferences and retreats, even to Iowa during a blizzard though she doesn’t own a coat (Austin may be weird, but it’s warm). Visit Jen at jenhatmaker.com.