rebelling against low expectations
In December, Brett and I were invited to attend a White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives round table discussion of young social entrepreneurs. The Rebelution was well-represented. Zach Hunter (our host), Conner Cress, and Jack and Leeland Mooring were all panelists. But what was even more exciting was to hear the stories of other teens, like them, who God is using to bring hope to a...
Maxine Callie Terhune is proof that you don’t have to be a teenager to “do hard things.” She has read Do Hard Things three times — at 97 years old! Ann Olsen, Mrs. Terhune’s daughter, had this to say about her mom: “Mom, I know that you knew how to do hard things from your earliest years; growing up on a self-sustaining farm with three sisters, marriage and surviving...
I am convinced our lives will be no better than our view of death. In Luke 9:23-25 Jesus spoke the following: “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” Jesus makes it clear that depending on how we think about death we will either save our...
Death is a morbid subject. Death is scary and depressing. People shouldn’t think about death. Young people definitely shouldn’t think about death. After all, we’re young, we’re invincible, and we’ve got our whole lives ahead of us. Right? Wrong! My goal throughout this series is to show that thinking rightly about death is the key to living rightly (and fully) before...
Picture in your minds a six-year-old boy; curious, slightly mischievous, and easily impressed by the strength and talents of grownups. So, when a maintenance man comes to fix his family’s furnace the six-year-old is standing right outside the furnace closet, watching and admiring. While he is watching and admiring he notices something he has never noticed before: a small hole in the side panel of...
A few months ago, Brett and I were interviewed by Todd Hertz for a piece on ChristianityToday.com. Well, it’s up — and we’re excited to share it with you. When twin brothers Alex and Brett Harris were 16, they started a blog to encourage their peers not to waste their teen years but to instead “do hard things.” Since then, the 19-year-old brothers have launched a website...
Two weeks ago, I did something stupid. And God, in His goodness, used my stupidity to remind me of a lesson He’s been patiently teaching me over the last few months. It was Homecoming Week here at PHC — where family and alumni descend on campus — and part of the festivities was a big class competition. As freshman, our class was dedicated to demonstrating our solidarity (and of course...
Going off to college is like taking a giant leap into the unknown. This video was made by Bridget Degnan — a journalism major and one of our best friends here at PHC — right before she arrived on campus this fall. We asked her if we could share this with you, because it was a much-needed reminder to us about what is really important — not just in questions about college, but in all the big...
Almost exactly two years ago — Sunday, October 1st, 2006 — Brett and I went with our family to watch Facing the Giants in theaters. Here is what Brett wrote then: At the strong recommendation of several of our readers, Alex and I went to see the film Facing the Giants with our family this evening. We entered the theater cautiously optimistic. We came out positively enthusiastic. Despite an all...
Watch the Personhood Amendment video above, featuring Kristi Burton. Kristi Burton, founder of Colorado for Equal Rights, was thirteen when she decided to spend her life defending the unborn. “It just came to me,” she told the Denver Post earlier this year. “I prayed about it and knew God was calling me to do it.” Eight years later, Kristi is spearheading the Colorado...
rebelling against low expectations
