Born in the trenches of my journey and the heart of my generation. A message and a movement. What does it mean for a generation to grow up without dad? What happens when our givers of life give us a lifetime of tears?
Sugar Bear remembers the car was orange. An El Camino. After stealing it, he pulled off the freeway, into a gas station, and climbed down from the vehicle. The police who apprehended him were startled.
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Aghast – upon the gaping wound - blood flows and becomes a mighty swoon: dripping, flowing, while Terror ignorant, is gloating.
Leo Tolstoy said, “everyone thinks of changing humanity – no one thinks of changing himself.” The temptation in going to an event such as the Justice Conference (which has been fantastic) – is to get overrun with causes and ideas, overstimulation and hype.
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What happens when punk rockers become parents? What happens deviants become dads? This is the premise of the new documentary, “The Other F-Word.” (Trailer here) Although the movie is full of middle fingers and f-bombs, it screams of a larger story.
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There are some 1.4 gang members in the US. 1,400,000. In the new 100-page FBI threat assessment, they state, ‘gangs are a growing threat in communities throughout the United States.’ But the question that I’m concerned about is… “why?”
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I was thrilled to see Christianity Today spotlight Portland this month… lots of great things happening here, including CJ Speelman’s work, called “Wrench Raiders.” The story focused on sex trafficking and the courageous abolitionists in Portland who are changing it.
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Great article in today’s WSJ – about Rinnosuke Yoshida, a 15 year old Japanese boy who lost his father in the Tsunami in March. Yoshida says, “My dad used to always give me advice on baseball and what to do next. I don’t have that anymore, and that is what I will miss the most.
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Like the rest of the world, I’ve been fascinated with the life and death of Steve Jobs. Jobs – founder of Apple and iEverything, will go down as one of history’s greatest inventors and creative geniuses.
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So I took a month off. To think and pray and get quiet. A couple of folks approached me about writing another book… and I wanted to get still and see what I was hearing. When I wrote, Fatherless Generation: Redeeming the Story, it felt like more than a book. Much more.
So there were some pretty amazing folks at Q Portland this week, lots of new and old friends. One of my favorite conversations was with a new friend. His name is Sam and he is 10. Our conversation was something like this:
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fatherless generation : stories are being made everyday