rebelling against low expectations

ArchiveApril 2009

When Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary

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This morning I was reading a post I made earlier this year about 17-year-old Jaime Colman, who collected over 4,200 pairs of shoes for the people of Karogoto. If you haven’t read it, go read it now — and even if you have, it won’t hurt to read it again. Brett and I love coming across young people with stories like Jaime’s. We love sharing them because they inspire and challenge...

Do Hard Things: The National Bible Bee

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Young people are pretty good at memorizing. We’ll memorize our favorite scenes from movies. We’ll memorize songs. We’ll memorize jokes. We’ll memorize tongue twisters. We’ll memorize lines for plays, information for quizzes, and speeches for competition. For most of us, memorization is not that hard and will never be easier. But of all the things we have stored in...

Unfashionable by Tullian Tchividjian

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The call to “do hard things” is a call to be different. That is why we are so excited about a great new book by our friend, Tullian Tchividjian (pronounced cha-vih-jin), called “Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different.” This is a perfect book for rebelutionaries. Tullian argues that “Christians make a difference in this world by being different...

Zac Sunderland: An Amazing Adventure

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© 2009 GizaraArts.com Zac Sunderland has received a lot of attention for his holy ambition — attempting to become the youngest person ever to solo-circumnavigate the globe. But what most of the mainstream media coverage doesn’t mention is that Zac is a strong Christian, homeschooled, and a true rebelutionary — with terrific fashion sense. A few days ago, Zac was asked about his collection...

Emerging Church Panel Discussion

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Brett and I recently had the opportunity to sit on a Christianity Today panel on the “emerging church” at the Christian Book Expo in Dallas — along with experts Kevin DeYoung, Tony Jones, and Scot McKnight. To be honest, we were a little bit intimidated to discuss such an important (and controversial) topic with men who are much older, wiser, and more learned than we are. Our goal was...

The Widow’s Might: In Theaters Starting April 13th

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Some exciting news — and a call to action! John Robert Moore, a 19-year-old rebelutionary from Texas — whose film The Widow’s Might beat out Fireproof and Expelled for the Best of Festival and Audience Choice Award at the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival in January — passes on this update: The Widow’s Might is getting a limited theatrical release across the country...

rebelling against low expectations

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