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If you’re interested on what it is like to have your life completely decimated by AIDS, I’d like to recommend a book I’m reading. It’s called, 28, and is written by a South African journalist named, Stephanie Nolen. She does an incredible job of digging into real stories of people living with HIV, describing their…

Time for a little shameless self-promotion. I really couldn’t believe this and am quite humbled. My publisher is extremely committed to Red Letters and it’s getting great press so far. This is the May 14, 2007 edition of Publisher’s Weekly  My hope is that it leads to thousands of people taking the needs of Africa…

In exactly two weeks my family will be heading to Swaziland, Africa, for the month of June. Yes, you heard right. All of the kids from Hayden, 10, to Hudson, 18 months, for 30 days (Anya’s in bootcamp for the Army). Before you think we’re out of our mind, let me tell you a quick…

In the Nashville airport on the way home after 3 days of heavy traveling. I’m tired just thinking about it! Had an incredible time speaking at The Orphan Summit hosted by Family Life and Focus on the Family. I saw so many people I have only spoken to by phone over the years, as well…

I’m off today to Washington DC at the invitation of DATA to participate in a special lunch. The lunch is hosted for the partners of The One Campaign to meet Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, the new director of  The Global Fund. The title of our gathering is, "Together We Can Achieve More," and the focus is…

What a great time to be with some amazing people in Canada over the weekend. Here’s a shout to my new friends under the banner of the maple leaf. My publisher for Red Letters, Cook Communications Canada, set up my speaking for the conference including the next one in Vancouver for Unite Productions. You should…

I’m off to Toronto, Canada, today to speak at a conference called, Unite in Worship. I’ll be speaking three times, on topics such as "Pure and Undefiled Worship," and "Seeing Eternity through the Eyes of the Outcast." You can see more about the workshops and other speakers Here. This is a great organization working in…

Dear Tom , Every morning 77 million children don’t go to school, and not because they don’t want to. 77 million children go without school because neither their families nor their governments have the resources to provide them with a basic education. Without education, these children are trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, hunger,…

TEDtalks is a great organization bringing the wold’s greatest thinkers and doers together. This is an incredible talk Bono gave that outlines, in detail, his views on Africa.

I’m off on a writing weekend with my good friend, and writing coach Lisa Samson. She and her husband Will, who is also an accomplished writer himself, will be helping me shape my novel Scared, that will debut in the summer of 2008. They have a writing retreat center called, The Laughing Owl (lots of…
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