Do Hard Things: A Book I’m Excited About

A brand new book has just been released (April 15), one that I highly recommend to all young people. And middle aged people. And old people.

The book is Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations, written by teenagers Alex and Brett Harris. I know these two young men well, and I believe this book is vitally needed in our churches and our culture. Alex and Brett start chapter one by saying this:

Most people don't expect you to understand what we're going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they don ...

The World of Christian Books and Writers

I got back late last week from the annual Christian Booksellers convention. Always in July, it’s normally in a hot, sweaty southern city. This year was Atlanta, next year is Orlando. We haven’t been back to Dallas since it hit 120 degrees several years ago. Now if we could only have it in Portland or Seattle…. Anyway, I’m going to spend a couple blogs talking about it.

The convention was called CBA until a few years ago, when they changed it to ICRS, the International Christian Retail Show. Thousands of people attend. Every year I meet interesting people and renew my friendships with several hundred people who are booksellers, writers and publishers. Many of these I see only at ICRS.