Tell Your Story in 90 Seconds and win a Thousand Bucks.
If you’ve read A Million Miles in a Thousand Years and you (and/or your friends) have decided to tell an interesting story with your lives, make a film about it and you might win a thousand bucks. And more than that, you might just inspire others to live a better story, too.
The Million Miles Short-Film Contest is based on the New-York Times bestselling book A Million [...]
Imagine being nine-years old and asked to visit the White House. It happened last week with one of our mentees, Lehzan. The White House called and asked us to send a representative from The Mentoring Project to the East Room of the White House to help the President kick off National Mentoring Month. We knew exactly who to send as soon as we got the invitation. Willie Welch has been mentoring through TMP from the very beginning, and has been [...]
I was saddened to hear about the passing of Howard Zinn. He was a remarkable man, a remarkable historian and a remarkable advocate for neglected people everywhere. Perhaps best known for his book A People’s History of the United States, Howard saw this country not through the eyes of its leaders but through the eyes of slaves, peasant farmers, textile workers, teachers, bus drivers and average people like you and me.
Shortly after 9/11, Mr. Zinn spoke at Reed [...]
One of the reasons people struggle so much with life is they expect it to be something it isn’t. They expect to be fulfilled by products, relationships and even religion as though this is going to be the “Act 3 Climax” of life. But Biblically, the complete climax of life doesn’t happen at conversion, it happens when we are reunited with God. Adjusting expectations, therefore, frees people to be happy and grateful for the good things they experience on earth.
A [...]
Years ago, when I worked at a small publishing company outside Portland, I’d get together every couple days with a former seminary professor named Ross Tunnell. Ross had left seminary work and was doing graphic design, but was widely considered to be one of the smarter Old Testament teachers in Portland. I made a deal with Ross, saying that if I bought lunch, he’d teach me the old testament. And Ross took me up on that offer. We probably [...]
For a limited time, you can get a free DVD of Convergence, an interview series I host designed to stimulate conversations for small groups. One of the closest resemblances the modern church has to the church in Acts are small groups that meet in homes. It’s an honor to help bring life to a community that has been thriving now for centuries.
In the series, I interview leading scholars and thinkers about topics ranging from marriage to false idols [...]
Our parents generation started World Vision in the 1950′s, and it’s grown into an over 2.5 billion-dollar per-year organization providing supplies, food and medical treatment to hurting people around the world. They aren’t the sexiest organization, and they don’t aim to be fashionable, but I’ve been amazed at the people who work at World Vision for may years now. I just wanted to show you what they are doing, already, in Haiti.
Follow World Vision President Rich Stearns on the [...]
I got a little bit of work done on my book today, but not as much as I’d hoped. Yesterday I wrote five times as many words as I did today. And I’d even argue yesterdays words were better. I doubt anything I wrote today will be published. And yet I feel fine about it. It’s been a long time coming for me to view a relatively unsuccessful writing day as a victory, but I’m glad this is now my [...]
Nick Thune is one of my favorite comedians and the news Jay Leno was changing things up didn’t have me wondering about what would happen to Jay or Conan, instead I wondered what would happen to Nick. Nick has a regular spot on Leno under the auspices of a philosopher/advice giver helping us all “change our lives.” I hope Leno keeps him, wherever Leno ends up. But with all the talk about Leno and Conan, I thought I’d [...]
Back in the day, the comment Pat Robertson made regarding Haiti would have infuriated me. Robertson essentially blamed the devastation that took place in Haiti on the idea that, generations ago, people in Haiti sold their souls to the Devil and are now paying for it. I’m reminded of a similar comment made in a debate on CNN, in which yet another religious figure blamed the devastation in New Orleans following Katrina on the debauchery that took place [...]
