Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough

by Jess Connolly and Hayley Morgan

Jennie Allen (Foreword)

You don't have to be everything to everyone. You don't have to try so hard to button it up and hold it together. Join best friends and coauthors Jess Connolly and Hayley Morgan as they reveal how women today can walk in the true liberty we already have in Jesus. 

For all the fullness of God available to his daughters, we often feel limited by two defining insecurities: "I am too much" and "I am not enough."

Jess and Hayley felt the same until one essential question turned the tables: If God is wild and free and he created women, what does this mean for us today? 

Wild and Free is an invitation to find freedom from the cultural captivity that holds us back, and freedom to step into God's wild and holy call in our lives. Jess and Hayley answer difficult questions that so many women have asked them over the years, including:

• How do I compete with the burden of expectation of what women are "supposed" to be?
• Where do I actually fit in?
• How can I start living out my God-given identity every day of my life?

With fresh biblical insight tracing all the way back to Eve and a treasury of practical application, Jess and Hayley reveal how women today can walk in the true liberty we already have in Jesus--because you certainly don't have to quiet the voice that God gave you when he created you to sing. 

Wild and Free will help you shake off the lies of insecurity in your life and step forward to maximize your God-given influence for his glory and the world's good.

• ISBN10: 0310345537
• ISBN13: 9780310345534
• Publish Date: 9 June 2016 (first published 3 May 2016)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint: Zondervan
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 240
• Language: English

Reviews

[Joséphine]

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

Initial thoughts: I really appreciated the honesty of both honours and the conversational nature with which they approached this book. You could tell that they're friends but each still had their own opinion, which made for a good blend of perspectives. The chapters that struck me most were the ones about tolerance in terms of balancing Christian beliefs against non-Christian ones, such that we stay true to our faith while treating those with differing beliefs with love. I think reconciling all that is something that's been nagging me for a long time, so I'm glad they addressed that in the way that challenges readers to examine themselves too.

As for the overarching theme of being too much or not enough? I found it very relatable since that dichotomy is something I've been called over and over again. Listening to the authors deconstruct all that while referring to specific Bible passages was pretty refreshing.