08Jul, 2010

“….as of tomorrow, I’ll be turning this blog over to my dog.”

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You’ve probably noticed I’ve written fewer blog entries over the last couple weeks. There are a number of reasons for this, including a major project I’m trying to wrap up this summer, and an onslaught of guests traveling through town. All great stuff, but all keeping me from my daily discipline of blogging. The other day, Lucy, my dog, asked if she could cover the blog for a while. We were at the park and I was moderating comments on my phone and I think she felt sorry for me. Lucy is my best friend and roomate and she see’s how busy my schedule has gotten. Lucy isn’t a writer by trade. She’s trains daily as a swimmer at the local fly-fishing pond at a park down the street, but I am going to give her a brief window to share some of her thoughts. I’ve not turned the blog over to another writer for any length of time. I’ve had a few guest posts, but not many. I take this blog very seriously. I do this for free, so there is something pure about it and that helps me love it for the writing and thinking without a mixed [...]

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08Jul, 2010

The New Single by Griffin House

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Griffin House and his wife Jane are staying at the house tonight with this song in tow. Man, what an honor. How prophetic. He put it together right about the time Nashville was flooding, and he and some friends shot a video real quick. I think it’s one of those lyrical pictures that will call us back once we are out of this mess. Hopefully we can learn something from our mistakes. Thanks Griffin. The single is called “Head for the Hills” and you can get it on I-tunes. I think this song has a Tom Petty feel. Also check out his new album, The Learner. The new single is If You Want To, and I really like River City Lights.

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07Jul, 2010

An Update on the CHASE Bank Grant

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I’m incredibly humbled by the number of you who have helped us move into the top 50 in the CHASE Bank grant contest currently running on Facebook. Non-profits in the top 200 get 20k from CHASE, and things could certainly change, but we are placing well going into the last week. I called Dr. Sowers, our The Mentoring Project’s President and asked what the chances were that we could win the whole thing, giving us 250k (an entire years budget) and he said it wasn’t likely. That said, though, if we moved into the top ten, I think it’s safe to say we’d launch a major campaign to try to move into the top spot. Honestly, it wouldn’t take much. The current leader only has about 12k votes, and nearly 100k people come to this blog alone every month. At The Mentoring Project, we’d use the money to start mentoring programs at the 600 churches on our current waiting list. That means literally thousands of fatherless boys being provided with a friend who would encourage them through their formative years. When I was a kid, I was breaking into a few houses, just getting into trouble a bit, and a [...]

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05Jul, 2010

Could you do me a favor?

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So about once a month, a friends non-profit starts lighting up twitter and facebook asking people to go and vote because somebody somewhere might give them some money. The Mentoring Project has never had a huge twitter following, so we’ve never entered one of these contests. And to be honest, I normally ignore these twitter requests. It just feels like a teen thing, some sort of popularity contest amongst non-profits. That said, The Mentoring Project President Dr. John Sowers called me a few days ago to say that Chase was giving away 20k to the top 200 non-profits that get voted on on facebook. John said we really need the money to shoot training videos that will allow the 600 churches on our waiting list to start mentoring programs. What that means is, if we get 20k from chase, thousands of fatherless boys will get role models because we can franchise the mentoring program we are currently running here in Portland. We don’t yet have that money designated in our budget. So now I am THAT GUY. I’m the guy asking people to vote on twitter and facebook. And to be honest, I don’t even have a facebook account. So [...]

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02Jul, 2010

The Searching for God Knows What Game

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Thomas Nelson Publishers has been working hard for the better part of a year on a really cool concept. For the rerelease of Searching for God Knows What (I updated the book with some new chapters) they created a game complete with prizes. If you’re small group is looking for a book to go through for summer, this one has some really cool added features. You can literally win artwork, music, autographed books, other people’s books and even a signed picture of my dog Lucy. The way it works is there are secret codes embedded in the book and a game sheet in the back. You win by going online and entering your answers. There will be hundreds of winners of lots and lots of real prizes. So if you’re up for it, give it a try. Here’s a bit more about the contest: About every five years, a book that is still selling well will get a bit of a revamp. I’m glad this book is still out there doing well, and I’m incredibly honored that Thomas Nelson would do something this innovative around a rerelease. It’s book history! Thanks team!

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