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Jen Pollock Michel is a writer, speaker, and coach. She is the author of five books: A Habit Called Faith, Surprised by Paradox (winner of Christianity Today’s 2020 Award of Merit for Beautiful Orthodoxy), Keeping Place, Teach Us to Want (winner of Christianity Today’s 2015 Book of the Year), and In Good Time (winner of the Word Guild’s Best Book of 2023). She holds a B.A. in French from Wheaton College, an M.A. in Literature from Northwestern University, and an M.F.A from Seattle Pacific University. After eleven years of living in Toronto, Jen now lives in Cincinnati with her husband and her two youngest children. You can follow Jen on Twitter and Instagram @jenpmichel and also subscribe to her Monday letters at jenpollockmichel.substack.com.
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