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Online Status: Last On: Jul 6, 2008 - 9:20 PM
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Member Since: July 21, 2007
Location: Sierra Foothills, CA
ShoutLife Address: shoutlife.com/c2lf
Genre: Young Adult
General Interests
Learning new things, like I really want to learn how to play the jimbay; talking about what's happening in the world and especially about how Jesus can be a part of our personal world; talking with teens about the tough stuff of life, (currently talking a lot about self-injury and cutting, how to get help or come alongside someone who cuts); hanging out with my family and my friends; taking a break and going to the river or going for a walk; seeing a new movie, play, or going to a concert (when I can take a break from current deadlines). I really would love to relearn how to sleep.
Music
Lots of different types . . . mellow and worshipful is a favorite right now.
Books
The Restorer, by Sharon Hinck (want to read her others); Reluctant Runaway, Jill Elizabeth Nelson (I've read the whole series--excellent!)--both of those series were written by friends. Come on you guys, write more!

I loved Mary Demuth's Watching the Tree Limbs though I admit it was an emotionally difficult read. Excellent though. I look forward to reading more of her writing.

Mostly I've been flipping through a ton of youth related books, and right now am working my way through Hurt, an excellent book by Chap Clark.

Also recently read The Kite Runner, by Hosseini. Very moving and well-told story. Just plain love reading and always have several books going.
Movies/TV
Kinda got into Heroes last year, but I'm easily grossed out, so there was that one character . . .

For movies I go for suspense, clean humor, and some chick flicks. The little girl in me who loves innocent suspense wanted to see the Nancy Drew movie. Missed it in the theaters but I'll catch it on DVD.
Published Works
Seduced by Sex, Saved by Love--A Journey Out of False Intimacy (2008)
New Release--March 3rd, 2008
Teens/YA Nonfiction

In this second book in the Live Free series (Standard Publishing), you'll follow the true story of Suzy, whose search for acceptance and belonging pulled her into the grip of the pressures, lies, and confusion of today's message about sexuality. You'll read about:

-God's pursuit of Suzy and how he brought her back into his arms of love

-others--both guys and girls--who have struggled through false intimacy and brokenness and later found healing

-useful responses to today's pressures and misconceptions about sex

-how to encourage those trapped in a destructive sexual lifestyle

(Click here to order)
Seduced by Sex, Saved by Love--A Journey Out of False Intimacy

Scars That Wound, Scars That Heal--A Journey Out of Self-Injury (2007)

This nonfiction book, the first in a series, tells the true story of Jackie's journey out of self-injury.

From back cover:

In Scars That Wound, Scars That Heal, you'll walk alongside Jackie, whose arms are marked with reminders of the painful journey she thought she had to take alone. You'll read about:

-God's work in Jackie's life, even through her raw struggles and the imperfect responses of others

-other teens who have struggled with self-injury

-triggers that lead a person to self-harm, and

-choices that can be made instead

-useful responses for the misconceptions and confusing reactions to self-injury

General readers will learn how to help any friend who has been wounded. And self-injurers, in understanding the story of the cross and Jesus' own scars, will receive a compelling invitation out of their world of pain.

Releasing Fall, 2007, (Standard Publishing); available to preorder through Amazon:

(Click here to order)
Scars That Wound, Scars That Heal--A Journey Out of Self-Injury
Take A Closer Look--For Women : Uncommon & Unexpected Insights to Inspire Every Area of Your Life (2007)

Take a Closer Look for Women leads you to pause along the familiar (and less well-known) paths of the Bible and say, "I've never noticed this! I've never thought of it this way before!" When you take a closer look at Scripture, you see how rich and deep and multifaceted it is. And you will be inspired - mind, heart, and soul - to apply the beauty of these truths to every area of your life.

Available to order through Amazon

God Allows U-Turns (2006)

Bethany House
June, 2006

This compilation, spearheaded by Allison Bottke, offers encouragement for thirteen- to twenty-year-olds who may be struggling and are in need of a God-directed U-turn. Included is a story about self-injury written by Jan, called Beautiful, Beatiful Scars, a part of Jackie's story.

Available to order through Amazon
Groups
*Christian Fiction Reviews* , Battle Cry for a Generation , Friends of Israel , Girls With Attitude! , jasonslist , Righteous Writers , Self-Injury awareness , To Write Love On Her Arms <3 , who am i really? , Womens Friendships , YA Writers
QuickLinks: About - Photos - Blog - Friends - Guestbook

About Jan Kern
Wife, mom, author, speaker, friend, mentor . . .

To the core

You want to know what grips my heart to the very core? Watching teens and young adults succeed in the face of all they have thrown at them these days. I have a passion to do my small part in the battle for their hearts and lives.

How did I get here? I was once a teen who wrestled with the aftermath of my parents' divorce and moved to a new state where I discovered peer pressure and choices I (naively) never knew existed. I struggled. I made mistakes. Thankfully, while in high school, someone told me I could find answers and strength through a relationship with Christ. That's another story for another time, but I did begin to learn what it meant to trust God through all kinds of crazy situations.

By the time I was twenty, I began working with youth and I haven't stopped. I'm now married and have been living and working with my husband at a ranch for at-risk youth for the last twenty-something years. We have two children, ages 21 and 24, who have fared pretty well facing today's cultural pressures. When people try to credit us as parents, I say, "only by the grace of God."

And I fully believe that. We can't do any of this without him.

-Jan

Jan's author site and blog:
www.jankern.com

New Blog for teens to twenty-somethings.
Also for youth workers, mentors, and those who write for teens/ya:

Choose 2 Live free (C2LF)

Read posts by Jan and fourteen other teen/ya writers at:
Girls, God, and the Good Life


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NOW AVAILABLE!
Scars That Wound, Scars That Heal--A Journey Out of Self-Injury
A Live Free Book
Standard Publishing

RELEASING MARCH 3, 2008
Seduced by Sex, Saved by Love?A Journey Out of False Intimacy
The second in the Live Free series
Teen/YA Nonfiction
Standard Publishing
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Blog
self-injury--helping, part 3   3/10/2008 - 11:32 AM
I cut, and I just put a Band-Aid on them and forget. They are covered and in time they heal. No one knows. I'm hurt. No one knows. -Jackie's Journal Scars That Wound, Scars That Heal--A Journey Out of Self-Injury, p.39 In Jackie's story, told in... (login or sign up to read more)
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self-injury--helping, part 2   2/13/2008 - 10:54 AM
Recently I offered a workshop in my community on self-injury awareness. We considered the ways friends, mentors, youth pastors, and family members can come alongside and help. We talked about how important our responses are to those who are self-harm... (login or sign up to read more)
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self-injury--helping, part 1   2/08/2008 - 12:04 AM
Jackie sat in the dark for a few moments before she reached over and flipped on the light switch. U-shaped marks covered her arms. She counted them. In just five minutes she had inflicted twenty-one burns . . . Burning had eased the out-of-contr... (login or sign up to read more)
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Rosie O'Donnell's Self-Injury--Our Response   9/14/2007 - 2:13 PM
It turns out that Rosie's new book, Celebrity Detox, is about a lot more than her angst about her reentry into television and her rocky relationship with Barbara Walters on The View. This morning, Fox News reported that as a child she used to break h... (login or sign up to read more)
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Not a Stick-It-Note God   9/03/2007 - 2:06 AM
Sometimes when someone is sharing what they're going through, I'm thinking "Wow, that's huge. What can I do that will make a difference?" I'm not really into fixing the situation (because I know I can't), but I'd kind of like to say or do something t... (login or sign up to read more)
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Guestbook Comments (171)  
Revived - Christian Gear & Gifts on 7/07/08 - 6:01 AM
Hello! We sincerely hope you find ShoutLife
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Poetic Warrior of El Elyon!! on 7/06/08 - 1:28 AM
Thanks for accepting the friend invite Jan, much appreciated. Thanks for becoming my newest friend. If you accepted the group invite to Righteous Writers feel free to post your book releases and whatever God lays on your heart that you have written. God Bless you.

IHMS

Joseph
Club Tamika on 7/05/08 - 5:56 PM
You're welcome and thanks for accepting my friend request. If you are interested in receiving Daily Devotionals from Club Tamika, please go to the website, www.clubtamika.com and sign up!

Just so you know, I have had several requests for non-Tamika's to join! This includes request from men!!

I have accepted the requests and will be updating the site to let people know that even if you are not a TAMIKA, you can still join! You will be an HONORARY Club Tamika member with the same benefits! I am so excited about what God is going to do through Club Tamika. Please spread the word! ~Tamika

Diana Symons on 6/19/08 - 12:50 PM
Hi Jan. It was great to meet you. I love meeting online folks in person. Good luck with your writing and let me know if you want to hook up for any California book signings.
The Green Rose on 6/17/08 - 8:47 PM
*chuckle* i hope that wont be too painful for you. yes, writing is the best. *smile* currently... i'm working on... three stories with my friend, and about a thousand other story idea's that i'm tossing around. i write mostly fantasy but have some sci fi stories, and a couple of modern Christian ones. *smile*
Jennifer Saake, InfertilityMom :) on 6/16/08 - 10:36 AM
Jan, it was so wonderful to meet you and spend Saturday afternoon with you! Thank you for taking the time to come out for the book signing. :)

I see that you have already connected with Rose. That's great! :D
John on 6/15/08 - 11:48 PM
Hello and thank you for accepting our new friendship. Hey I just got out of church and I am all pumped in the Spirit. WOW! The Spirit fell, God moved and people were changed! praise God.

Take care and God bless you,
John
The Green Rose on 6/15/08 - 8:43 PM
umm, can we compromise and i call you Miss Jan? *grin* that's what i usually do. yeah, my friend's were being baptised so that was the earliest i could get over there. *smile*
Sword of the Spirit Publishing on 6/15/08 - 8:35 PM
Hi Jan,
Thanks for the note!! Nice to see you again!! Don't feel bad about Puyallup. I have trouble spelling it myself sometimes.
God bless
Don
The Green Rose on 6/15/08 - 10:02 AM
Hi Mrs. Kern! it's me, Rose (from the His Word signing, even if i was late *wink*). i'm really looking forward to talking to you more!
Lisa Buffaloe on 6/12/08 - 3:24 PM
Hi Jan,

Have a great time at your book signing.

Many blessings,

Lisa
Jennifer Saake, InfertilityMom :) on 6/02/08 - 10:00 AM
So looking forward to meeting you in Reno on the 14th! :D
Marlo Schalesky on 5/30/08 - 10:48 AM
Great to see you here too! You don't want my energy lately - I've been exhausted! ;-)
Sylvia on 5/11/08 - 11:58 AM
Hello!!! How are you today? Are you hungry for more success in your walk with Jesus? It is Jesus desire that you be a fully functional and successful bold ambassador in the kingdom of God. Philemon 1:8-9; Ephesians 6:20. Just as successful as He was in becoming your Savior.

After feeding more than five thousand people by multiplying five small loaves of bread and two little fish Jesus commanded His disciples to get into a boat and go to the other side of the lake. (Sea of Galilee a freshwater lake). And after He sent this great multitude away, He Himself went up into the mountain to pray. Time past and evening fell as Jesus communed with His beloved Father. And the disciples found themselves in the middle of the lake tossed about by huge waves stirred up by a great opposing wind which battered them about and caused them to fear for their lives.. By the time Jesus had finished His prayer time with the Father it was the wee hours of the morning. (Between 3 AM and 6 AM) Having sent the disciples on ahead He set out walking across the sea to where they were. However, when they observed Him coming toward them walking on the water they were even more terrified than before. Now they had what they supposed was a ghost coming for them! And Jesus would have passed them by except in their fear they cried out. Mark 6: 48 ( Remember Jesus told them to go to the other side. He never told them to stop in the middle of the lake and fear any storm that stood in their way of obeying His command. He was going to meet them on the other side.) When Jesus heard their cries of terror immediately He stopped and talked with them saying," Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid. Peter responded Lord if that is really you COMMAND me come to you on the water. Jesus simple response was COME! Peter climbed down out of that wind and wave tossed boat in a great surge of instance faith, which enabled Him to walk to Jesus. Having taken His eyes off the wind and walking on the water to Jesus and having solved the ghost problem, Peter once again turned his attention to the boisterous winds that still raged about them. And he was once again overcome by fear and doubt, which immediately caused him to start to sink beneath the turbulent water. In his desperation Peter cried out to Jesus to save Him. And as Jesus stretched out His hand to save Peter He also said, O you of little faith, why did you doubt!!!

Notice Jesus COMMANDED His disciple to get into that boat and GO TO THE OTHER SIDE of the lake. Well, Jesus was fully aware of what they would find in the middle of the lake. Remember what Jesus commands of us He enables us to do by faith. No matter how big the storm is that stands between us and our destination. If He commands it of you, you are able to do it. He ask nothing, absolutely nothing of us that we cannot, by the power of His Spirit through obedience, accomplish. We are just as much His disciples as this group of frightened men were. And just as He command them to do, we are also commanded to do what He says fearlessly by faith without one smidgen of doubt. Just before these men set out on their voyage to cross the Sea of Galilee, which was their commanded destination. They had watched Jesus demonstrate to them that He alone was their sufficiency in life, by multiplying the five loaves of bread and the two fish. He alone was their, and now is our, abundantly sufficient bread of life. Whatever our need, it is found in Him. He demonstrated who He was to these disciples and immediately sent them out to face the raging wind and waves that stood between them and their destination. And when they failed to do that He made it clear to them (and us )that it was because of their small doubting faith. It is undoubting faith that we are to apply to every circumstance of life. Jesus is there to caught us when we fall and cry out to Him. Just as He was with Peter. But, oh have much better for us, and how He rejoices when by faith we determine to walk through the storms of life right into all the promises of His grace.

Matthew14: 22-33; Mark 6:45-52; James 1:6-8.

XXXXX AND OOOOO
Sylvia
WOVE - Women Of Vision and Excellence on 5/09/08 - 4:40 PM
Hey Jan! Thanks for the friendship. I see you've have my friend Jean on here. Cool! Let's get this network going, I'm excited!
Jean on 5/06/08 - 8:42 AM
well, I just spoke to my pastor YESTERDAY and I am going to start working on recording either this week or NEXT week, I have to go the the high school and pick up a facilities form for the Out of Darkness Walk so I can get a American Foundation for Suicide Prevention chapter in MY STATE AND I have been keeping in touch with a woman who UNBEKNOWN to me has SEVERAL recording labels (record?) and she does dramas! SO DO I, I do videos in my head but never on paper so now I found someone who is connected to the thngs that motivate me and it is exciting! She is the first freind on my page so check her out, SHE IS WONDERFUL!
Annie-Bannanie [misses her hero] on 5/02/08 - 3:10 PM
yea =] i know they care for me. . . and im totally grateful =]

im alright i guess. . hanging in there and that kind of stuff.
how bout you?

have a great day!
Jean on 5/01/08 - 6:59 PM
I JUST bought your book, Scars that Wound, Scars that Heal. It was the LAST ONE in the Christian Book store and I told the man, Sir, you might want to order more because something is about to explode in this county and people are going to need it!

If you wouldn't mind, please add me as a friend, I have not figured out how to do that yet, I am trying to wean off myspace. please check out my memorial page to my son http://www.myspace.com/kngs_daughter
Scott Neth on 4/25/08 - 9:06 AM
I try to remain focused and passionate about a few things thank you for the kind words and for the add God bless
Jennifer :Tightest page in SHOUTLIFEland on 4/16/08 - 9:07 AM
Lamentations 3:22-23
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

i just felt like sending this to everybody yo! cuz when things seem rocky , you mess up or you don't quite get your circumstances just remember you get to start over in the morn homie :-) ya dig! So encourage yourself and tell your spirit that His mercies are new for you today!! I get encouraged by just knowing I have access to a second chance, to a slate free day! love, jen *huggerz*

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