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With only a few hours remaining, we’d like to thank you. The crew in Nashville that didn’t have work until you helped us thanks you, the writers who really wanted to see their story on the screen thank you, our mothers thank you, the actors who live to bring other characters to life thank you, the musicians who will make the soundtrack thank you, the real life characters whose lives will be reflected in the story thank you, the people who were turning toward cynicism thank you, everybody who was about to give up before they heard this story thanks you, and I thank you. Tell the right story at the right time, and you’ll change the world. Thanks for telling us this story. We hope the one we tell you is half as good. It’s not too late. Join us.

Four years ago, Steve Taylor, Ben Pearson and I sat down to write a movie. Steve and Ben flew out to Portland and we spent hours in my living room, plotting out a story on a white board. It was the most exhilarating writing experience I’d had yet. We threw ideas around the room and entertained each other as we added to the story. And we laughed. We laughed so hard we fell out of our chairs. There were also somber times, when we realized one of our principal characters had been abused, and we had to bring it out in the story. There were times when we literally cried as we wrote a scene. It’s a very strange thing to talk about, but sometimes fictional characters become real, and it’s a trick in the mind that you love them as though they were your friends. We knew we had something special. We hoped we had a story that could change everything, that could, as David Dark says, increase the talkability of the issues the average American evangelical deal with. We knew we had a good story. We wrapped up the screenplay and began raising funds. But this was right [...]

Tomorrow we will be sending out an e-mail (.jpg to the right.) Would you mind keeping an eye out for it and sending it along to your friends? The campaign has been tremendous. CNN has picked up the story, the Atlantic, and I had a wonderful call today with a producer at The Today Show (they are tracking the story) so you’re making headlines. Production meetings have been going almost daily in Nashville. There is a spirit in the room that is inspired. The entire crew is feeling your support. When crews work on film projects, everybody wonders whether what they are making is special. It is very, very rare for a crew to know their project is special before the cameras are even turned on. You’ve made this project special. You’ve made it historical. When you give even a dollar, you will be put on an exclusive list of investors, and you’ll be treated as such. We will be sending you the same updates we send our primary investor (whose story of sacrifice and generosity is equally amazing) telling you how production is going. The list of people who have donated to the film will be our main focus [...]

It’s all over tomorrow! If you’ve donated to the film, thanks. Thanks, thanks and thanks again. Tomorrow we want to press hard all the way to Midnight (EST). So here are some last minute things you can do to help us…And once again, THANKS. 1. Donate if you haven’t. Even a dollar gets you on our mailing list so we can send you updates about the film. 2. For the final 16 hours or so, I’ll be sending tweets counting down the hours. Each tweet will have the kickstarter link. Will you retweet a couple of these? Don’t bug your friends too much, but this would help a great deal. 3. Please write a blog about the campaign that explains why you’ve donated. 4. Kindly make the link your facebook status. Here’s the link: http://tinyurl.com/2vudtwg 5. Email your friends the link. http://tinyurl.com/2vudtwg You’ve been incredibly gracious and kind throughout this insane turn of events. Some of you know how uncomfortable it is to ask for help, and you’ve shown us nothing but grace as we’ve gone about this. Tomorrow at midnight, we will stop asking, and start giving back. With much gratitude, Don Miller

I hope you are having a terrific Sunday morning. Tomorrow is the big day. Tomorrow the kickstarter campaign ends, and nobody else will be able to make small investments in the film. The greatest aspect of this entire, rather miraculous story, is the remarkable community that has sprung up almost overnight. We, and by that I mean literally thousands of us, are making a movie. But the movie will hardly trump the story you have already told. This morning, I wanted to give you a few pages from the script. This is a scene from act one, and it’s one of my favorites. It’s a scene in which Don’s dad pulls into town. He’s a professor but something of a vagabond, and he and Don’s mom have differing opinions about Don’s religious upbringing. He’s called the Hobo in the scene because Don and his friend Jordan gave him this nickname in that he comes through town randomly and without notice, and also because he travels in an old RV, filled with Jazz records, beer and often an intern with which he has an inappropriate relationship. The actor we are bringing in for this scene is fantastic. His audition was impressive [...]