Open Letter to Max Lucado #0.001
Endorsements
I found these at ChristianBook.com’s page for your new book, Fearless, though I had trouble finding them elsewhere. Each of these bio snapshots have been excerpted from Wikipedia.
Dave Ramsey
“Ramsey…is an American financial author, radio host, television personality, and motivational speaker.
“Ramsey’s syndicated radio program The Dave Ramsey Show is promoted with a tagline that “It’s about life and money,” and it is heard on over 400 radio stations throughout the United States and Canada, as well as on XM and Sirius satellite radio. He has written numerous books. His books and broadcasts often feature a Christian perspective that reflects Ramsey’s own religious beliefs.
“Ramsey has been featured on many media outlets including The Oprah Winfrey Show, 60 Minutes, and The Early Show on CBS. He has also recorded a pilot and six episodes of a reality show named The Dave Ramsey Project for CBS; however, the Network decided not to air the program. He is the host of The Dave Ramsey Show at 8 p.m. ET and repeated weekdays on the Fox Business Network.
“Ramsey is also the creator of Financial Peace University, a Biblically based 13-week video training series for adults, and a companion series targeted at teenagers that has been offered in schools across the nation. Some topics covered in the series are cash flow planning, investing, saving, credit, retirement, and giving.”
Don Miller
“Miller…is a best-selling American author and public speaker based out of Portland, Oregon who focuses on Christian spirituality as “an explanation for beauty, meaning, and the human struggle.”
“At 21, Miller left his home in Houston, Texas and traveled across the country to Portland , Oregon–a place where he put down roots as he had planned when he started his roadtrip a few months before. Miller’s first book, Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (Harvest House Publishers 2000), chronicled a cross-country road trip he took at age 21. It was printed with little fanfare, though republished more successfully in 2005 as Through Painted Deserts. During this time, Miller was the editor of an online Christian magazine called roadsearching.com and the owner of a small Portland-based publishing company called Coffee House Books, which published home schooling textbooks. It was not until 2003, when Don published Blue Like Jazz that he became a New York Times Bestselling Author. Two years later, Miller released Searching For God Knows What which explores how the life of Jesus illustrates the human personality. In 2006, he added another book, To Own A Dragon, which offered Miller’s reflections on growing up without a father. This book reflected an interest already present in Donald’s life, as he founded the Belmont Foundation–a non-profit that partners with local churches to mentor fatherless young men. Don’s next book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, will be released on September 29, 2009.
“Miller is recognized for his feelings that Christian faith should be a relationship, rather than a formula. He writes in Searching for God Knows What that too many Christians act like the Bible is a sort of math textbook, rather than a long story of God’s involvement with people through friendships with Biblical figures like Adam, Abraham, and Moses. This emphasis on the Bible as a narrative has made his writings popular with many involved in the emerging church conversation. While he himself does not consider himself to be a follower of the movement, Miller still recognizes the need of mankind to recognize its depravity so that it might better teach the concept of love.
“Miller delivered the first night’s closing prayer at the 2008 Democratic National Convention on August 25, 2008.”
Marcus Buckingham
“Buckingham is an English motivational speaker, trainer, public leader, researcher and author. He claims to have trained over 2 million people [1] through his books, seminars and lectures.
“Buckingham, who is a member of the Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Leadership and Management; started as a senior researcher with The Gallup Organization, and helped to develop the Strengths-based approach to management that is now gaining wider implementation.
“Strengths Management suggests that any job should be tailored to fit the person instead of the other way around. Buckingham has authored and/or co-authored several books on the subject including “First, Break All the Rules”, “Now, Discover Your Strengths”, and “The One Thing You Need to Know”. He also helped create the “StrengthsFinder” assessment tool that assists individuals in discovering their own strengths.
“In 2007, Buckingham set out on a national bus tour taking the Strengths Movement across America. Buckingham was featured in the PBS Special, “Go Put Your Strengths To Work” and on the Today Show.”
