Recently I read the book 7 an experimental mutiny against excess. I had never read anything by Jen Hatmaker and didn’t quite know what to expect from her. I honestly thought it would be mostly deep jabber about a spiritual journey. Boy, did it take me by surprise. This book was inspiring, hilarious, embarrassing, and God-filled. I loved every moment of it and was sad when it ended.
It is about a woman and her family’s 7 month sabbatical journey. Each month was devoted to something different. By the end of it, I was left wanting to do something similar but it takes a lot of guts and planning to do a sabbatical that intense.
The seven categories were: clothes, shopping, waste, food, possessions, media, and stress. I understood immediately what the clothes and food were about because they sounded like the hardest. Basically, during the food month she could only eat 7 food items. She picked chicken, eggs, whole-wheat bread, sweet potatoes, spinach, avocados, and apples. Which is very close to what I would choose if I were going to do it. Same concept with clothes. The other months were set up a little differently but still very important.
Each month came with its own difficulties and set-backs. I recommend reading this book because if you give it a chance, it will change you. It doesn’t even matter if you are a Christian reading it or not, it will make you look at your life in a different light.
Side note:
Funny story, at one point in the book she started talking about her appearance and I decided to Google her and see what she looked like. I realized that the first picture that popped up looked very familiar. I grabbed my women’s bulletin from church and sure enough, it was her on the cover. Jen is going to be coming to my church early in 2014 to do some kind of woman’s conference! I’m definitely going.
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