Jaded Rediscovering Hope in Reality
Jaded Member Book
$7.95
Jaded Leader Kit
$69.95
Includes:
- Five-session format that allows for engaging discussion centered around real-life issues
- A copy of the Jaded member book
- An enhanced CD with the leader guide, music, promotional tools, and biblical commentary to further your personal study as you prepare to lead
- Two discussion-sparking film shorts about why someone enters the jaded cycle
- Audio of a round table discussion of young adults who will stimulate conversation through humor and authenticity
- A unique design that intentionally cultivates connection between group members as well as individual group customization
Downloadable Components
Overview
All of us have experienced some level of pain when our idealism about life intersects with harsh reality. The collision leaves many young adults wounded and jaded, facing life with bitterness and cynicism rather than hope in God. Author Mike Harder knows what it’s like to get caught in the cycle of cynicism all too well, but he also knows what it’s like to find refuge in hope at the other end.
Jaded offers a safe environment for vulnerable sharing as young adults learn the truth about idealism vs. reality, identify pain from past emotional and spiritual wounding, recognize how God can use that pain to move us closer to Him, choose hope in Christ rather than bitterness, and ultimately discover how to become a giver of hope to others. There is renewed optimism for the idealist and healing for the cynic. This five-session Bible study will encourage your group to re-engage God, life, and reality as, together, you search for the hope that’s waiting for you.
Study Length: 5 Sessions
Playlist
Check out these recommended tracks to accompany your study of Jaded. Each of the songs below relate to one of the conversations discussed within Jaded. Make these your “soundtrack” for this study.
* = Tracks provided on the Leader Kit for this study
| Name | Time | Artist | Album | Purchase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Than | 3:29 | The John Butler Trio | Grand National |  |
| Starting Over * | 3:36 | Audio Adrenaline | Until My Heart Caves In | |
| When It Don’t Come Easy | 4:52 | Patty Griffin | Impossible Dream | |
| Dirty and Left Out * | 3:42 | The Almost | Southern Weather | |
| Chem6A * | 3:11 | Switchfoot | The Legend of Chin | |
| Losing Heart | 3:35 | Brandi Carlile | The Story | |
| Jaded * | 4:55 | LaRue | Transparent | |
| There Is A River * | 3:51 | Jars of Clay | Good Monsters | |
| I’m Free | 2:40 | The Who | Tommy | |
| 40 | 2:37 | U2 | War | |
| All Will Be Well | 4:05 | The Gabe Dixon Band | Live at World Cafe | |
| Life Is Beautiful | 6:15 | Vega4 | You and Others | |
| For the Morning | 4:40 | Alli Rogers | The Day of Small Things | |
| Liar’s Dream | 3:51 | Alli Rogers | The Day of Small Things | |
Need an easy way to find all of the songs for this study’s playlist?
Visit the iTunes Store and view the Jaded iMix—a one-stop place to find all of the recommended music for Jaded! 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!
Mike Harder
Mike Harder is a normal guy who has been blessed with the opportunity to serve God with his life. He grew up as a missionary kid in Bogota, Colombia, and got his Master of Divinity from Mid-America Seminary in Memphis. Currently he is starting a new church in Nashville, Tennessee, called Green Hills Church that is targeting young adults in their 20s and 30s who are non-religious and far from God. He has authored two studies from LifeWay: In Transit: What Do You Do with Your Wait? and Jaded: Rediscovering Hope in Reality. He is passionate about serving God, great music (Snow Patrol anyone?), wakeboarding, and basketball.