Megan’s Books + Writing
Offer It Up
DISCOVERING THE POWER AND PURPOSE
OF REDEMPTIVE SUFFERING
AN ENGAGING + POWERFUL PAGE-TURNER
THAT TACKLES LIFE’S HARDEST QUESTIONS:
why does God allow suffering–
& how can we learn to not just survive it, but THRIVE in it?
We all face suffering in this life, but it doesn’t have to rule us.
Offer It Up brings you accessible teaching, real encouragement, personal stories, and practical tools that you can apply right away.
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Endorsements
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| “In Offer It Up, Megan transforms a trite slogan into an invigorating battle cry. Those who are suffering in mind or body, as well as their caretakers, will find in this book ample encouragement to embrace their cross and participate more intimately in our Lord’s saving mission.” |
Dr. Scott Hahn
Founder & President, St. Paul Center
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| “I firmly believe this book is for you because I believe this book is for everyone. In Offer It Up, Megan speaks to the heart of every human person’s unavoidable relationship with suffering. With tremendous grace, she deals with both the weighty whys and practical hows of suffering, giving dignity to our personal stories and our unique soul’s experience. This topic is a sacred one, and Megan is the perfect guide because she knows the way well—she has walked it with Jesus herself.” |
Beth Davis
Director of Formation, Blessed is She
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| “Offer it Up is excellent. I would have loved to have this book years ago. Megan is a gifted writer who shares her experiences of redemptive suffering with vulnerability and wisdom emanating from her intimate relationship with Jesus. This book is theologically sound and will be a gift for anyone who reads it.” |
Dr. Bob Schuchts
Founder, John Paul II Healing Center
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| “Suffering is the great equalizer. We don’t want it. We don’t know what to do with it. Yet somehow God says it will ‘work for our good’? Far from repelled by our hardship, God says that He desires to encounter us in that very place. What are we to do? With piercing clarity and moving authenticity, Megan paves a way for us to see our own suffering in a new, radiant light, encouraging us to likewise meet Jesus in our deepest pain and heartache.” |
Beth Sri
Coauthor, The Good, the Messy, and the Beautiful
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| “Pain is part of life, but united with Jesus, it can be among the most beautiful and meaningful parts of life. Yet that takes work. Megan Hjelmstad shows us how in down-to-earth language and through personal experience.” |
Chris Stefanick
Founder and President, Real Life Catholic
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| “Megan Hjelmstad is one of my favorite writers. She weaves words together with piercing clarity to make one of the most mysterious truths of our faith—the redemptive power of suffering—raw and real and somehow, marvelously, beautiful. St. Elizabeth of the Trinty, in the depths of her own suffering, said we would ‘climb our calvary singing.’ In this exquisite book, Megan shows us how this paradox is possible.” |
Claire Dwyer
Author, This Present Paradise & Cofounder, Write These Words
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More About Offer it Up
Back in January of 2020, I signed a contract to write a book… but this was not the book God wanted. What He really wanted was a book on hope. It was the hope I was discovering behind closed doors, where only a few people could see me. Where I suffered with one diagnosis after another. Where I prayed and wrestled with my pain, and all the questions it prompted: about God and His goodness; about my identity and purpose. In the process, I have encountered God’s love and healing–and His peace–in a way I never could have expected, even as the suffering continues. This is the book God has asked me to write, because whatever you’re going through, or whatever you’ve gone through, this is the hope and healing He desires for you, too.
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