Author, speaker, and poet Jackie Hill Perry has inspired millions with her story of leaving behind a gay lifestyle and finding true fulfillment in Jesus.
Perry’s 2018 book, “Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been,” made a cultural splash and opened up important theological conversations about social and biblical issues.
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The author is now out with a new book, “Upon Waking: 60 Daily Reflections to Discover Ourselves and the God We Were Made For,” a collection of sixty daily reflections on Scripture that “help you awaken to the God you were made for, the life you were made for, and the person you were made to be.”
It’s an interesting project for someone like Perry, who admits she doesn’t personally read devotionals. While she was at first skeptical about writing “Upon Waking” based on her belief too many devotionals are “shallow” and “self-centered,” she told CBN Digital she decided to embrace the process.
“I just took it as a challenge to create a resource and a work that I think was helpful,” she said. “It’s the scripture that is profitable, it’s the Scripture
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