Rick Lawrence
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Rick Lawrence

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Rick is Executive Director of Vibrant Faith, a ministry resourcing, training, coaching, and research organization. He’s an award-winning author, journalist, cultural researcher, editor, and national speaker—for many years he was the “Youth Ministry Champion” at Group, and for three decades was the executive editor of GROUP Magazine, writing feature articles, a popular column, and the Trends section of this influential resource (winner of the Folio Award for magazine excellence). For many years he led Group Publishing’s Youth Ministry Resourcing Team, and helped launch its “Jesus-Centered” line of adult resources. He’s also an experienced researcher, conducting large-scale social science research projects in the ministry community. He creates and leads interactive learning experiences and trainings for church and cultural leaders, parents, and teenagers. And he’s an innovator in online learning—he developed, created, and helped launch a series of professional ministry courses that use “virtual tools” for interactive, experiential, and deeper-learning growth. He also leads a “home church” for young adults with a crazy-long name: Pursuing the Heart of Jesus, Not His Recipes. • Rick has authored hundreds of magazine articles and is the author, co-author, or editor of 39 books and curriculums. • He’s the general editor and chief contributor of the groundbreaking and #1 bestselling Jesus-Centered Bible, and author of the recently released books The Jesus-Centered Daily (a daily devotional released in October of 2020), The God Who Fights for You (2019), Spiritual Grit (2018), and The Jesus-Centered Life (2016). Other recent releases include Skin In the Game (2015), Shrewd (2012), and Sifted (2011). He’s authored, with Dr. Daniel Emina of the Amen Clinics, a book released in September 2021—The Suicide Solution. • He’s host of the popular podcast Paying Ridiculous Attention to Jesus, now in its sixth year. • He’s been interviewed by scores of national publications and media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Homeword with Jim Burns, Dennis Rainey’s FamilyLife Today, The Church Boys podcast with Billy Hallowell, and the Moody radio network, among others. He’s married to Beverly Rose and has a 23-year-old daughter named Lucy Rose and a 18-year-old daughter named Emma Grace. You can follow Rick on Twitter @RickSkip, on Facebook at Facebook.com/RickSkip, or you can email him at rlawrence@vibrantfaith.org or rick@ricklawrence.com, or you can drag a banner behind your biplane over Denver, Colorado with a special message for Rick.
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    • Editing Jesus

    • Confronting the Distorted Faith of the American Church
    • Written by: Rick Lawrence
    • Narrated by: Martin LaGrande
    • Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 2024-07-10
    • Language: English
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