Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home
    Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home
    Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home
    Audiobook5 hours

    Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home

    Written by Amber C. Haines

    Narrated by Amber C. Haines

    3.5/5

    ()

    Switch to ebook

    About this audiobook

    Amber Haines is a woman haunted by God. Like Eve in the Garden, she craved the fruit that she thought would lead her to freedom. But the whispers of temptation led her instead down a devastating path toward isolation, dissatisfaction, and life-altering choices. In her most broken moment, Amber met God waiting for her in the fallout, freely offering her grace and life.This is a story of the God who makes himself known in broken places. In prose that is at once lyrical and utterly honest, a brave new voice takes readers on a windswept journey down the path of brokenness to healing, satisfaction, and true intimacy with God. Amber calls readers to dispense with the pretty bows we use to dress up our stories and instead trust God to take our untidy, unfinished lives and make them free, authentic, and whole. Anyone who struggles with doubt or holds secrets, anyone who feels marginalized or like she is missing something, will find in Amber a sister and an inviting voice back home, into the heart of God.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateAug 4, 2015
    ISBN9781633892637
    Author

    Amber C. Haines

    Amber C. Haines is the author of Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home and The Mother Letters. She has experience speaking at conferences and events and lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with her husband, Seth, and their four boys.

    Related to Wild in the Hollow

    Related audiobooks

    Christianity For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      This Is Me

      Mar 26, 2019

      This Is Me
      5 min read

    • Article

      Jedidiah Jenkins

      Mar 25, 2021

      Jedidiah Jenkins
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Good With The Bad

      Jan 8, 2021

      The Good With The Bad
      9 min read

    • Article

      Sunday, August 18

      Jun 18, 2019

      WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN to pray without ceasing? Does it mean we chant at the wailing wall in Jerusalem? Or is it more like the meditative murmurs of a cloistered nun? I used to think that was the picture of devoted prayer. Today, it looks like cons

      1 min read

    • Article

      Sunday, April 24

      Feb 16, 2022

      AT THE GROCERY STORE, I searched for a few healthy snack options. On a sale rack, I found crunchy peapod snacks. They sounded healthier than potato chips, with a similar crunch-salt value, so I grabbed them. After getting home I tasted them. Yuck. Wh

      1 min read

    • Article

      Sunday, April 30

      Feb 16, 2023

      THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY BAKED IN the midst of a heat wave, so I spent the morning watering the garden. As I bent to place the sprinkler in one of its last positions, I noticed several of my primroses looked terrible. Their leaves had wilted, and the bl

      1 min read

    • Article

      A Testimony of God’s Faithfulness

      Aug 27, 2021

      My testimony is shrouded in abandonment, pain, and rejection. This is a shortened version of the events that have taken place in my life… Right from the very beginning, my father walked out of the hospital on the night that I was born. He told my mom

      3 min read

    • Article

      Rooted In God’s Love

      Feb 10, 2023

      Rooted In God’s Love
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Eternal Adventure

      Jun 29, 2021

      The Eternal Adventure
      4 min read

    • Article

      Music To Her Ears

      Jun 13, 2022

      Music To Her Ears
      6 min read

    • Article

      Little House

      Jun 5, 2023

      On Monday nights our mother made popcorn and served it to us in mugs with milk poured over. My younger sister and I carried our mugs into the family room and ate the popcorn with spoons, like cereal. We were five and seven. Until we were allowed to s

      21 min read

    • Article

      As the World Collapses

      Jul 27, 2017

      As the World Collapses
      7 min read

    • Article

      A Puzzle Of Nostalgia

      Aug 26, 2022

      A Puzzle Of Nostalgia
      5 min read

    • Article

      Push Play

      Apr 6, 2020

      Push Play
      7 min read

    • Article

      Six Poems

      Jul 1, 2018

      When I said, to my mother, What was a goodthing about me as a child?, my mother’sface seemed to unfurl from the center,hibiscus in fast motion, the anthersand flounces springing out with joy. Oh you wereenchanting, she breathed. What do you mean—craz

      5 min read

    • Article

      A Dream Uprooted

      Mar 16, 2020

      A Dream Uprooted
      5 min read

    • Article

      Raised By Birders

      Dec 7, 2019

      Raised By Birders
      7 min read

    • Article

      Guiding Presence

      May 18, 2020

      Guiding Presence
      7 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Wild in the Hollow

    3.5/5

    7 ratings1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 2/5
      The style of this book is unusual. I guess it is meant to be poetic or creative or maybe a stream of consciousness. It didn't work that well for me. It felt as if at times the language used was so wordy that I couldn't extract what the author was actually saying. There were also sentences that didn't make sense to me, an average reader, maybe because the author had gone beyond my creative thinking ability!

      The author has obviously had a difficult life--involved in drugs and new age practices at a fairly young age. She gives details of an abortion, fornication and an affair. I wonder if she will regret exposing these details at some stage. I'm surprised that her husband didn't object, honestly. Sometimes I wonder about the wisdom of this level of sharing--maybe it will help those who have gone through a similar experience and feel that there is no hope. If that if the intention of the author then I hope some are truly helped.

      I also struggled with the theology. The whole premise of the book (and the author's story) is that the church has lost its way--that our lives are not being lived as God intended and that we have created either a dull, formal, legalistic religion or a mega-church focused purely on numbers and entertaining people. We should return to Eden?! Whilst I agree with the author on some aspects, I believe she has come to the wrong conclusions in order to combat these problems. She suggests that the problems have arisen from a rigid interpretation of the Bible--We use doctrine to harness the Holy Spirit...Jesus didn't come to bring us the Bible.... Too often we're prone to worship the Good Book, as perfectly true as those words may be.... I do not believe the Bible is a fourth person of the Trinity.... I leaned so heavily on doctrine that I turned away from belief that the Holy Spirit was active anywhere other than in the reading of Scripture.

      Personally, I don't think that the Bible is the issue. We obviously don't worship the book itself as some religions do but the words in the Bible are the inspired words of God Himself. I think it is dangerous to begin undermining the Bible in this way and suggesting reliance on senses or feelings of the Spirit within. These things can be very subjective and we are prone to wander if we don't come back to the Word.

      I find the author's conversion experience also a little strange. She was obviously at breaking point having hit rock bottom and had virtually decided that life was no longer worth living. She suggests that it was at this point that God met her on the floor of her room. She speaks about God making our untidy, unfinished lives, authentic, free and whole. She suggests that we should return home to a place of acceptance, fulfillment and identity--and into the heart of God. But I'm not sure that these are the things that God wants us to focus on. The author doesn't really talk about repentance or transformation through Jesus' death on the cross for her sin. She doesn't speak about the glories of heaven or the horrors of hell. She acknowledges her sin in a roundabout way and her life does change...

      She quotes the verse that is often misquoted to advise that we should "love others as we love ourselves." She uses this verse as evidence that our lives can only be restored when we love ourselves. But actually, what this verse is saying is the opposite--that we already love ourselves because it is human nature to be selfish/self-focused. It is an assumption that we love ourselves and it is therefore used as an understandable instruction for us to measure our love for others. The verse is not a command to love ourselves....

      It is ironic that I am one of those conservative Christians focused on the Bible that the author can't relate to, yet I too spent 6 years in the world as a late teen/early twenties. My experiences made me more inclined to stick to the Bible as I saw what a mess I made of my life when I strayed....

      I don't really know what to make of this book or the author's experiences. I guess there is something of a disconnect here between the creative and the down to earth. The book is clean-there is no bad language, violence or graphic sexual content. I felt the author gives too much detail about her personal life but others may think it is okay.