rebelling against low expectations
Today we have an article from Daniel Osborne, a former administrator for the Rebelution Forum. Daniel has invested countless hours into the ministry of this website. Daniel’s post confronts us with the important and sobering question, “How much time do we really have?” Read it carefully, consider the Scripture passages, and pray the prayer Daniel shares at the end. This is worth...
We see their pictures in the appeals for help on television and in the magazines. Starving children and sullen, miserable teenagers, living without families in slums and refugee camps around the world. Their suffering breaks our hearts and opens our wallets to offer help. They are the orphans of the world. They have no parents. It’s so very sad. They have no one to provide food and shelter...
Today we have an article from Madison Hexter, a homeschool grad attending the University of Akron, where she is pursuing a major in biology and minors in chemistry and dance. Madison shows how accepting our limitations can set us free to accomplish even more. She writes, “Accepting your limitations is not giving up. On the contrary; it is saying, ‘Here is what I cannot currently do...
Thank you for all the stories you guys have already shared with us! Keep sending them to brett [at] therebelution [dot] com. Today we’re sharing the first of many submissions — from an 18-year-old named Camden. You can learn more about Camden by visiting his counter-cultural blog: Counter Cultural. Camden shares a story about small acts of faithfulness, stepping outside his comfort zone...
Kelvin Doe (aka, DJ Focus) is a 15-year-old engineer from Sierra Leone — and only the latest motivated and competent teenager to be labeled a prodigy, just because he’s doing something with his life. That’s too bad, for Kelvin and for us. The bad thing about the term “prodigy” is that it immediately places Kelvin in a category by himself — a category all of us...
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to post their thoughts on Kyle’s essay. The discussion has already been super-helpful. We’ll continue to talk more about each of the points Kyle makes, but for today, I wanted to jump on the fourth problem (i.e. the website has cobwebs) and talk about what we can do about it. COVERED IN THIS VIDEO: What do you all think of video blogs? //...
What lies ahead for The Rebelution? As we ring in the New Year, we’d like to start a conversation about the future of the movement — open to anyone who cares. We’ve been seeking the Lord for direction and have some ideas we’d like to share, but not before getting some honest feedback from you. Helpful Commentary from Kyle Johnston To kick things off, we’d like to share an...
How do we respond to an unspeakable tragedy like this? A horrific slaughter carried out by a young man barely removed from his teen years. How do we respond as young people? How do we respond as Christians? What can we say? It’s 8AM, less than 24-hours since the massacre. To be honest, Ana and I didn’t sleep last night. We prayed, Ana cried, and we read from Randy Alcorn’s book...
It’s awesome to clean our rooms without being asked. It’s awesome to apply ourselves in school. It’s awesome to tackle a new skill. It’s awesome to hand out tracts. It’s awesome to write books and do conferences. But it’s all pretty pathetic compared to the hard things our peers are doing in persecuted countries. Lest we become content doing chores. Lest we...
There aren’t too many positive news stories about teenagers — and sometimes you have to go to Zimbabwe to find them. But here’s a story about two schoolboys whose incredible discovery gave them a chance to help their families and invest in their further education. As the saying goes, “One man’s trash is two Zimbabwean boys’ treasure” — or something like that...
rebelling against low expectations
