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So there’s the guy named Don Miller who wrote a book called Blue Like Jazz, and pretty much every stinking review or comment anybody’s made about my books has found some way to make a comparison between us, usually painting me as Rick to his Magnum, or whoever comes through the wall after the Kool-Aid [...]
Just a quick update on Daniel Rassum. His real name is Gary Sibley. He’s been going by Daniel because he’s had outstanding charges against him, including one that could shape up as a felony, and he wasn’t ready to turn himself in before. About two months ago, he was finally ready. He was exhausted from [...]
This concept (and the photo with this post) is borrowed directly from Learning To Love You More (there is also a really cool book), a project created by Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July. I’m calling it “Look Again” instead of “Learning to Love You More,” but it’s the same deal. I’d suggest we all play [...]
Earlier this week I joined my dad for a quick trip to Kentucky to pick up the daughter of a Romanian friend of Dad’s, who is in college and who is heading home to Romania for Christmas. I asked if I could ride along because I wanted the time with my dad. The ride down [...]
I’ve been working with Mark Arnold on a nearly daily basis since 2001. Two of our favorite projects were the “visual editions” of Philip Yancey’s What’s So Amazing About Grace and Lee Strobel’s Case for Faith. (the links go to sites with samples, not to the Amazon product pages – check them out.) We’ve recently [...]
EGM stands for EthnoGraphic Media. The company makes documentaries on contemporary social causes, and builds grassroots efforts to address those social challenges. From my [brand strategy] perspective, the trick has to do with managing the inevitable backlash that comes when arm’s length, marketing and fashion-driven causes slip out of fashion, and how people who have [...]
If we’re going to have a relationship with God, we will either speak in the language of contract (and breach of contract) or covenant (a promise initiated and fulfilled by God). And in either case, eventually the giant question arises: why does suffering exist? If you’re a covenant person, looking to make sense of pain [...]
This is the vision book we’ve worked up for JCI – Junior Chamber International – known in the US as the Jaycees. The organization has been in decline, but man do they have the right idea behind them, and it’s been fun to work with them on a turnaround. More pieces will be coming, but [...]
An hour with Pete Gall and Daniel Rassum, delivered in a style inspired by This American Life. Music and a remarkable story of redemption and love, with insight lifted from Pete’s book (Learning My Name, Zondervan, July 2009) about escaping two of the deadliest traps in American culture. Share with your friends. The audio file [...]
Learning My Name is my second book. The first book, My Beautiful Idol, is a prodigal sort of story. The second is more of an “elder brother” response. It’s about identity, about learning to trust, about the false roles I’ve played (and have seen in plenty of other people), and about a better alternative. You [...]
The funny thing about creating this post highlighting Kierkegaard’s piece called “The Offense” is that I had a very hard time thinking of an example of Christianity – in the sense of humble obedience to Jesus – being offensive in the world today. Christianity – in the sense of stuff church people do and protest [...]
Some friends of mine and I have started a marketing & cause-based partnership company we’re calling Confluence Worldwide. The site isn’t up yet, and the identity pieces are still coming together, but I’ll post some sample work soon, and am excited to share this initial letter/manifesto with you… It’s not business. It’s life. And there [...]
This one was conducted a few weeks ago by Tom Norris for his God Knows What radio show on The Crossroads Radio network. (I don’t know if the link to the interview is the permanent one. If it doesn’t work for you, please leave a comment to let me know.)
Recorded June 2008 by Aaron Porter, pastor at First Baptist Church, San Luis Obispo, CA.
It was right about this time of day, one year ago today, that Daniel and I started across the country together. You can read a little about it here. I will post photos from that trip below. This is the note I just received from him. Our story is from God and is meant to [...]
Today we’re driving from Indianapolis to Nashville so Christine can staff a women’s retreat and I can hang out with friends there. Last night I started thinking about the friends we have – there and here and in other cities. We have tons of acquaintances, and I don’t know about them, but our friends, the [...]
In My Beautiful Idol, the character of Pastor Ellison is the fictionalized version of my friend Robert Gelinas. Robert’s new book, Finding the Groove: Composing a Jazz Shaped Faith is definitely worth checking out. Follow the link to see my video review of the book. You can check in on Robert’s blog at JazzTheologian.com and [...]
I met Daniel Rassum by divine appointment June 11, 2008 outside a Whole Foods Market in NC, where he was playing blues guitar for tips to pay for crack. Within an hour, we were headed across the country together. Me introducing people to my book as part of the Samson Society Road Cruise, and Daniel [...]
