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  My friends Chase and Mellisa Reeves are, as I type, bringing their son Aiden into the world. We are all following Chase’ twitter updates as though they were weather forecasts. It’s like being around a radio in the forties or something. So tonight I went on a walk and said a prayer for Aiden, and for Chase and Mellisa, who have had a hard labor. I also wrote Aiden a “welcome to the world” poem. Welcome, Aiden, to your family, to your community, and to God.   The Proper Grieving of a Fallen World A Poem for Aiden Reeves   Do you remember, Aiden, when we were naming animals, and the serpent fooled that ignorant couple with a trick, and then all the birthing came with screaming, and the fields were filled with weeds?   Perhaps the memory will come back slowly like it has for the rest of us, brushing our teeth, counting fifty strokes, looking through the mirror wanting more.   I don’t want to bother you, I know you’re busy but is He as good as we want Him to be? Did you speak to Him or look at Him as he shoved you through the [...]

A few months ago I wrote about my roomate, Justin Zoradi who started an organization called These Numbers Have Faces, a non-profit providing scholarships for students in South Africa. Many of you jumped in and supported his work. We actually hired Justin at The Mentoring Project as our Director of Communication. He works for us part time, and still manages These Numbers as they grow and provide more scholarships. I wanted to share something of a celebration video with you regarding one of their students, Anda Sozawe. Anda is the organizations first student to graduate! Congrats Anda, and congrats These Numbers Have Faces. Great work!

My friend David Wenzel, who is inspiring all of us who know him right now, found out just last week that he has a tumor in his brain. He hit his head while at a conference in San Francisco, and was later taken to the hospital, where they discovered the tumor. Had he not hit his head, the tumor would most likely have gone undetected. Dave is a special guy. Everybody who meets him loves him. He’s remarkably creative and has probably been involved in some of your favorite media productions. So it shocked (and a little scared, to tell you the truth) us to hear that such a brilliant young mind had a tumor in it.  One of the reasons we all love Dave is because when a situation becomes tense, Dave becomes calm. He’s a rock. Not that he has to be, because he doesn’t, but he’s just been there for a lot of people, and it’s nice for those of us to know him to be there for him now. Anyway, Dave is now at the Mayo clinic in Minnesota, but I thought you might appreciate the response letter he wrote the hotel he stayed at in [...]

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We are planning a rebuild of the various Don Miller sites, and so the talks available in the store won’t be available for much longer. All the proceeds from the talk go to a good cause, but the availability is now limited. If you like Don’s writing, you’ll enjoy his various lectures as well.   Don is currently wrapping up his book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years and will be recording the audio version next week in Nashville. Do forgive his absence from the blogosphere. We trust everybody will be rewarded when Million Miles comes out in September. If you’re looking for an interesting talk to listen to for your next road trip, jog or bike ride, we think these are pretty good. The Nature and Meaning of Love Don discusses the elusive idea of love, helping us understand the purpose and meaning of the most passionate emotions that humans encounter.  More Info On Hope Looking at Romans, Don discusses Paul’s understanding of Jesus as “our hope”. More Info For Artists: Creativity and Art, Why You Matter as an Artist - Video Don addresses more than seven-thousand artists at Willow Creek¹s annual Arts Conference, explaining the importance of the [...]