Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

Everyone expects teens to rebel in some way, but Alex and Brett have started a rebellion of a different kind. Dennis Rainey talks with brothers Alex and Brett Harris, authors of the book Do Hard Things, about why they are sounding the call for teens to rise up and make a difference in the world around them.

Authors Alex and Brett Harris encourage teens not to waste their youth, but, instead, to courageously attempt something that will have lasting value. View Show Notes →
The hardest things are the smallest things. View Show Notes →
Everyone expects teens to rebel in some way, but Alex and Brett have started a rebellion of a different kind. View Show Notes →

Meet Series Guests

Alex Harris

Alex Harris and his brother,Brett, founded TheRebelution.com in August 2005. The twins are frequent contributors to Focus on the Family's webzine Boundless, serve as the main speakers for The Rebelution Tour conferences, and have been featured nationally on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and The New York Times, as well as in publications like WORLD magazine, Breakaway, and Ignite Your Faith. Their first book, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations, was released on April 15, 2008, by Multnomah Books.

Sons of homeschool pioneers Gregg and Sono Harris, Alex and Brett have a passion for God and for their generation. Their personal interests include politics, film making, music, basketball, and soccer. And food. They like food.

When they're not traveling around doing conferences, Alex and Brett live with their parents and three younger siblings near Portland, Oregon, where they attend Household of Faith Community Church. They are students at Patrick Henry College. They continue to write, speak, and blog.

Brett Harris

Brett Harris and his brother, Alex, founded TheRebelution.com in August 2005. The twins are frequent contributors to Focus on the Family's webzine Boundless, serve as the main speakers for The Rebelution Tour conferences, and have been featured nationally on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and The New York Times, as well as in publications like WORLD magazine, Breakaway, and Ignite Your Faith. Their first book, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations, was released on April 15, 2008, by Multnomah Books.

Sons of homeschool pioneers Gregg and Sono Harris, Alex and Brett have a passion for God and for their generation. Their personal interests include politics, film making, music, basketball, and soccer. And food. They like food.

When they're not traveling around doing conferences, Alex and Brett live with their parents and three younger siblings near Portland, Oregon, where they attend Household of Faith Community Church. They are students at Patrick Henry College. They continue to write, speak, and blog.