Two Handed Warriors

Sometimes God’s greatest miracles come in our darkest hour “Rosario’s been shot!” Two years ago tonight I was in MN on a fundraising trip for Act One when I received a frantic call from alumnus Chris Dyball telling me that Act One staff member Rosario Rodriguez had been shot in the chest at point blank [...]

Why is Margaret Feinberg the most influential young woman leader in evangelicalism you’ve never heard of? Cathleen Falsani and Margaret Feinberg are two of my favorite authors and bloggers. Last week they tag-teamed for a thought-provoking article on the future of female leadership in evangelicalism. I came away more determined than ever to seek to [...]

By Tom Krattenmaker in USA Today Todd was an up-and-coming scientist, an oncology fellow at Stanford with multiple research grants and a dozen scientific publications on his curriculum vitae, when he heeded a different call. Witness Todd’s pitch for the end-poverty campaign and you’ll be taken on an energetic tour of some surprising numbers. Did you [...]

Playwright-turned-pastor Dave Schmelzer is a true two handed warrior with a background both in theology (Fuller Seminary, ’87) and the arts (Stanford University, ’84.) Dave leads a thriving church, The Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Greater Boston, writes fiction, and lives just outside Boston with his wife, Grace and their five children. With four children in the [...]

  “…We have multitudes of professing Christians who well may be ready to die, but obviously are not ready to live…” -Dallas Willard Dallas Willard has served as a Professor in the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California for over 35 years. He has exerted tremendous influence in the areas of epistemology, [...]

Expertise in faith and culture rarely go hand-in-hand. Leaders adept at culture making—whether in Hollywood or the Ivy League—are rarely trained in the disciplines of faith building; whereas leaders with strengths in faith building—whether in a local congregation or an international relief agency—are rarely trained in the art of culture making.

“My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, you’ve had a great life.” -Elbert Hubbard Act One alumni Erik Santiago (writer/director) and Ken Stewart (producer) have teamed up to co-produce a documentary that is gaining rave reviews across the industry. It might even be that last minute [...]

  Phil Cooke is on a crusade. The internationally known writer and speaker, who leads two media companies (Cooke Pictures and TWC Films), has produced media programming in more than 40 countries, appeared on MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, and helped some of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world tell their story, wants you to stop consuming [...]

Part three of a three part series: What’s in a Name? The Presence of God! It was a Terrible, Horrible, No good, Very bad day. That’s what it was because after school my mom took us all to the dentist, and Dr. Fields found a cavity just in me. “Come back next week and I’ll [...]

Part two of a three part series: What’s in a Name? The Presence of God! I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink [...]