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New York Times best-selling author Glennon Doyle is married to FIFA Women's World Cup champion Abby Wambach and counts celebs like Oprah and Adele among her list of friends, according to The Guardian. In March 2020, Doyle released her third memoir, Untamed, which has sold over a million copies to date, per the blurb on the book's website. On her Instagram, Doyle regularly paints a portrait of blissful (albeit unvarnished) domestic life with her perfectly imperfect family: Wambach and their three children. But while the self-help guru may seem like she has a shiny life on the surface, Doyle's personal journey has been fraught with difficulties, many of which she's chronicled with unflinching honesty in her memoirs, Carry On, Warrior,Love Warrior and Untamed.

So, how exactly did the girl who would 'become a full-blown alcoholic by the time she entered college' and who once 'maxed out her credit cards, became a chain smoker and snorted coke topped off with crushed ADD drugs' (via ELLE, as detailed in Carry On, Warrior) become one of today's most acclaimed authors and motivational speakers? Here is the untold truth of Glennon Doyle.

Untamed by Glennon Doyle is both an intimate memoir and a galvanizing wake-up call. It is the story of how one woman learned that a responsible mother is not one who slowly dies for her children, but one who shows them how to fully live.

Glennon Doyle had a troubled childhood

Speaking to ELLE in 2017, Glennon Doyle opened up about how her parents sought to create a storybook childhood for her and her three siblings. Nevertheless, the self-professed wildchild acted out through alcohol and drugs, in addition to struggling with disordered eating. 'I had a relatively magical childhood, which added an extra layer of guilt to my pain and confusion,' Doyle detailed in her memoir Carry On, Warrior. 'Glennon — why are you all jacked up when you have no excuse to be jacked up?'

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According to ELLE, graduating from college did nothing to slow Doyle's self-destructive pace. At 24 years old, she met Craig Melton, a semi-pro soccer player, with whom she began 'drinking and drugging constantly,' as Doyle wrote in Carry On, Warrior.

After finding herself pregnant for the second time — she had chosen to terminate her first pregnancy, according to Carry On, Warrior — Doyle decided to have the baby. 'I became aware, there on the floor, that I will have this baby,' she wrote in Love Warrior. The pregnancy inspired her to quit everything that same afternoon and marry Melton in a backyard ceremony. Doyle had her baby boy, Chase, in 2002 and the family grew to welcome two more girls in 2006 and 2008, according to ELLE.

Glennon Doyle began her writing career as a Christian mommy blogger

According to the New York Times, Glennon Doyle started sending out daily musings about faith, parenting, and marriage to close friends and family members when her children were toddlers. In 2009, a friend sent her a website-building tutorial. She jumped on the idea and thus, her blog Momastery was born.

But Momastery was never meant to be a cookie-cutter blog, peppered with flawless images and sage tidbits of parenting wisdom. As ELLE reported, Doyle intended to use the site 'to tell people the truth about my insides' and hopefully shine a path toward 'an alternate, kinder, truer, braver way to live in the world.' A few years later, Doyle wrote an essay on Momastery called 'Don't Carpe Diem,' which functioned as a clapback to everyone who had told her to savor each moment as a mom. 'I can't even carpe 15 minutes in a row,' Doyle blogged. 'So a whole diem is out of the question.'

'Don't Carpe Diem' was shared 4,370,000 times (per ELLE) and caught the attention of top publishers, launching a bidding war for what would later become Doyle's first book, Carry On, Warrior. According to ELLE, the book debuted at number three on the New York Times bestseller list in 2013 with more than 330,000 copies sold.

Glennon Doyle was married with three children when she fell in love with Abby Wambach

While Glennon Doyle's writing career was taking off, her personal life was nosediving. Her second book, Love Warrior, outlined her marital struggles with then-husband Craig Melton, ending with the couple's decision to reconcile. There was just one problem — around the time of the book launch, both had flip flopped on the decision, mutually choosing to separate (via ELLE). Oh, and Doyle had also fallen in love with U.S. soccer superstar Abby Wambach.

The pair first spied each other at a literary conference, and as Doyle told ELLE, it was love at first sight. 'I've never believed in or understood romantic love,' she said. 'Love at first sight was always a complete joke to me. But when Abby walked into that room, I actually felt the words, there she is. This was just an absolute recognizing of the person I was supposed to be with forever.'

For his part, Melton took things in stride (mostly). As he told ELLE, he experienced 'a wave of sadness, confusion and anger. I thought we [Doyle and I] had been doing things the right way. Both of us had been working on ourselves. We'd entered a phase that was supposed to be a new life for us.' Eventually, Melton accepted the new reality of his ex-wife's relationship with Wambach. Wambach and Melton have even reportedly played together on the same adult-league soccer team (via New York Times)!

Celebs credit Glennon Doye's memoirs for reclaiming their sense of self

Glennon Doyle's second book, Love Warrior, was an instant smash hit, selling more than 500,000 copies (per ELLE). But it's her most recent memoir, Untamed, that has truly skyrocketed her star factor. (In a recent Instagram post, Doyle recounted how 'one million copies of UNTAMED were sold in 19 weeks ... this is WILD.')

Even celebs are lining up to sing the book's praises! British singer-songwriter Adele credits Untamed for changing her outlook on life. She took to Instagram with an impassioned review, writing 'If you're ready – this book will shake your brain and make your soul scream. I am so ready for myself after reading this book! It's as if I just flew into my body for the very first time! Whew! Anyone who has any kind of capacity to truly let go and give into yourself with any kind of desire to hold on for dear life – do it.'

Adele isn't Doyle's only celebrity fan, either. According to The Guardian, Doyle's work has also been extolled by Oprah and Reese Witherspoon. Oprah named her as one of the world's 'awakened leaders who are using their voices and talent to elevate humanity' (via The Guardian) and Witherspoon featured Untamed as her 2020 April Book Club pick.

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Glennon Doyle remains 'a voice for progressive Christianity'

Glennon Doyle has long been harnessing the power of her words to enact change, but in the past few years, she's blogged less about motherhood and more about Black Lives Matter and the need for intersectionality. A 2018 Desert Sun article dubbed Doyle 'a voice for progressive Christianity ... in recent months she's spoken out in support of Serena Williams at the U.S. Open, signed a 'love letter' to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and posted a video of herself sitting on the floor of a bookstore sharing her favorite titles by transgender writers 'to counteract fear mongering and ignorance with love mongering and education.'

Through her Momastery community, Doyle founded Together Rising in 2012. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit is anchored in its mission of 'transforming collective heartbreak into effective action,' according to its website. Much of the funds are raised through 'love flash mobs, time-limited fundraisers that have revolutionized crowd-sourced online giving, with thousands of strangers giving a maximum of $25 to meet a particular need in a matter of hours.' As of March 2020, New York Times reports that Together Rising has generated over $25 million for people in need.

It appears that, after leaving Craig Melton for Abby Wambach, Doyle truly came into her own as an advocate for women's equality. As she herself admitted to ELLE, 'What's the point of gaining influence if you're not going to use it?'

What's next for Glennon Doyle?

With the 2020 election as her immediate motivation, Glennon Doyle has been doing all she can to encourage her followers to get out and vote as she stumps for presidential nominee, Joe Biden. But what's next for her after the election cycle is anyone's guess. Fellow writer turned motivational speaker Elizabeth Gilbert believes that the best is yet to come. 'What you're going to see from Glennon in the next few years is the rise of one of the most important female leaders our culture is going to have,' the Eat, Pray, Love author told ELLE. 'I think she's the next Gloria Steinem.'

Doyle's followers are so passionate about her brand of activism that they are even encouraging her to run for president one day — and she's not ruling it out! 'Because of what my life has shown me, I will never say 'never' to anything anymore,' Doyle admitted to ELLE. 'If it ever got to the point where that was clearly what my family, my community and my country needed, sure. I'd do it.'

• Kristen HattonCrosswalk.com Contributing Writer
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For months now, Glennon Doyle’s newest release, Untamed, has remained on the New York Times Best Seller list. I picked it up not because of this prestigious accomplishment, but because I pay attention to what Christians are reading and talking about.

While Glennon does not view this book as Christian (or identify herself necessarily to be a Christian anymore), the book is listed on Amazon under the Christian self-help category. Under the guise of a Christian label (which understandably is beckoning Christians to read it), Untamed, is currently #1 on the Amazon list, right ahead of Jennie Allen’s Get Out of Your Head.

Using the analogy of a caged cheetah, Glennon encourages readers to break away from what tames us in order to live free in our natural state. However, as Christians, we know that since the fall of man our natural state is in bondage to sin.

As a believer, I'm so grateful that I have not been left in this condition, but that Jesus has set me free from the enslaving power of sin and given me new life. This concept of freedom is quite different than Glennon’s, who is championing Eve as a model for “owning your wanting.”

So here lies my primary concern about the book: many Christians are reading and recommending Untamed without filtering it through a gospel grid. I say this with a lot of grace, though, because as a parent and someone interested in racial reconciliation, I do agree with a few of Glennon's points in the book.

But without thinking biblically about the worldview she promotes, Christians are adopting and promoting teaching that is overall diametrically opposed to that of Jesus.

With compassion and a heart for truth, I would like to highlight three pervasive anti-Christian ideologiesembedded in Untamed that are leading believers away from greater dependence on Christ—and to instead elevate self as savior.

View #1: I Am Truth

Glennon: “God is not a being outside of me: God is the fire, the nudge, the warm liquid gold welling and pressing inside me.' (p. 64)

God’s Word: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life…' (John 14:6)

Don’t mistake Glennon’s “Knowing” (the name she gives her internal nudges) to be akin to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit seeks to illuminate Truth. For Glennon, truth is subjective, always evolving as we reimagine better realities and something new becomes truer than what was before. For Glennon, this truth allows us to “throw out all the rules and write our own… (p. 73).”

Psalm 119:160 tells us though, “The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.” God’s word is unchanging. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8)” and we are told in John 1 that Jesus is the Word. His whole mission in coming—the Word made flesh—was to bear witness to the truth. To Pilate, who questioned Jesus’ rightful claim as King, Jesus said, “Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice (John 18:37).”

But, like Pilate 2000+ years ago when he snidely responded with, “What is truth?”, Glennon has rejected any notion of absolute truth. This is no surprise, however, considering our natural state wants only to listen to our own voice and be our own authority. This is after all the very core of sin—turning away from God, and looking to be god.

We can be certain, then, when our “knowing” does not align with the Word of God it is not the still small voice of Truth—but the deceit of a heart set on self.

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View #2: Me First Is Best

Glennon: “I’ll forsake all others before I’ll forsake myself. Me and myself.' (p. 117)

God’s Word: “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.' (Philippians 2:3-4)

For Jesus, who emptied himself completely, suffering unto death, everything he did was motivated by his love for the Father. On the contrary, Glennon declares, “No way I’ll forsake myself for anyone.” Therefore, anything interfering or opposed to her desires gets tossed out, and she “gives us permission” to do the same.

Our culture lauds her resolve to live for self as brave and free. In view of the Gospel we know and believe, this is actually glorified self-centered, self-driven, and self-directed living. Which, again, is our natural state as a sinner. But as new creations in Christ, with the Holy Spirit working within us, this “untamed” way is what genuine believers seek to put to death as we grow in Christlikeness.

For Glennon, freedom is living as her own authority and not owing anyone anything. What Christians believe is that true freedom is living within the bounds of God’s law. Just as a parent prohibits a child from running into the street for their protection. We wouldn’t say the child isn’t free because he can’t run into the street; rather, the parent’s restraint on the child’s freedom is for the child’s best.

God’s laws are no different. Within the bounds he has set forth, we are most free.

In Christ, we were set free from living as a slave to self and our own desires. We were set free to live for Christ; for an eternity with Christ. It's worth noticing that for Glennon, 'My kingdom come” is her battle cry.

View #3: I Deserve to Live My Best Life Now

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Glennon: “(Shalom) can be now, if we refuse to wait to die and ‘go to heaven’ and instead find heaven inside us and give birth to it here and now. If we work to make the vision of the unseen order swelling inside us visible…we will make reality more beautiful. On Earth as it is in heaven.' (p. 65)

God’s Word: “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.' (1 Peter 2:15-17)

This world is not our home. Instead, we are called to “fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary (2 Cor. 4:18).” Without this perspective, we will keep trying to grab hold of our best life now...demanding for it, even. But in the emptiness of waning contentment, nothing will ever be enough. We’ll always need something more, new, or numbing, so we turn to both good and wrong things to fill the hole in our soul.

This is Glennon’s admitted pattern—food, alcohol, drugs, motherhood, religion (though I would argue not Christ), a heterosexual marriage, and now a lesbian marriage. Considering Glennon has begun writing her new “memos,” or truth, to herself in sand (so she can revise them when something “truer” surfaces), I don’t expect the searching to end.

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While she might call this evolving (and I am all for change according to God’s sanctifying grace), I am confused as to why Christians are adopting the ever-changing “truth” of someone on such shaky ground, when we have the certainty of Jesus as our everlasting hope.

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Finding Truth in Scripture and Our One True Savior

My prayer is that Christians who are reading or recommending this book awaken to the emptiness Glennon is calling us to. I pray we will reject what the world calls “freeing” by turning, not inward to ourselves and our own “knowing,” but to the Savior of the world who thought little of the shame required to secure you for the glory of heaven.

I also pray that as Christians we would learn to filter “truth” through the lens of God’s word and hold fast to his word. Without spending time with Jesus as he reveals himself in his word, we will easily get knocked off the truth of the gospel.

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This is what I see happening in abundance in our culture, even our Christian culture. A book like Untamed becomes popular and unsuspecting readers jump on the bandwagon, recommending it over God’s word to fellow believers—without stopping to evaluate how contradictory it is to Truth.

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For Glennon and others who do not see Scripture as Truth, I realize what I have written is simply my faithful opinion. But for those who see Scripture as the inerrant, unchanging, living, and active word of God, my hope for us is it would be the filter we earnestly sift our beliefs through. And that we would examine our culture, media, conversations, and behaviors in light of the Truth “so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes (Ephesians 4:14).”

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Kristen Hatton is the author of The Gospel-Centered Life in Exodus for Students, Face Time: Your Identity in a Selfie World and Get Your Story Straight. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Professional Counseling at Liberty University and runs The Redemptive Parenting online ministry and podcast. Kristen resides in Edmond, Oklahoma with her pastor husband. Together they have three young adult and teenage children.