After breaking free from the legalistic home in which she was raised, Jill’s memoir also reveals smaller ways in which she’s changed her life that seem huge for someone raised in strict fundamentalism. For instance, she now wears pants, has a nose ring, and sends her sons to public school. These things may seem normal to us, but they are downright scandalous to the family in which Jill was raised.
Jill says that speaking out about the behind-the-scenes life of being raised on TV has been difficult but that’s committed to telling her side of the story, telling People she “feels called to this.” I for one am grateful that she’s telling her story and feel confident that her it will help others who were raised in toxic environments or fundamentalism to break away and find true freedom in Christ.
Jill’s book Counting the Cost in available wherever books are sold.
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