Sam and you both are big fans of a book called The Alchemist. ![]() We took that metaphor of killing lions and we applied it to what life is like in young adulthood, especially for young men needing to develop a sense of courage, a sense of self in the face of adversity. It was a rite of passage that demonstrated courage in the face of adversity. He couldn’t marry and he couldn’t own land until he had killed a lion. Where did that come from? In ancient African cultures a young man was not considered a full member of the tribe, an elder, a man. … So that’s how this book was born.Įxplain the central metaphor of the book, killing lions. I said, Sam, if we put this down on paper, I think we’d have a lot of young men. ![]() We got about three months into those phone calls, and I asked, Sam, your friends, guys you hang with, have anybody that they can talk to about this stuff? He didn’t even pause. Then entered a girl and understanding and working through love, romance, the feminine heart, decision-making, faith in God, bringing justice to the world, all those things that millennials care about and are asking questions about. About a year out of college, we started these Wednesday night phone calls because he was in the deep end of the pool and taking on water-work and money versus following your dreams and your passions. My son, Sam, is an English major, graduated, wanted to be a writer. We had this conversation in the studio of Ransomed Heart Ministries, the ministry Eldredge leads in Colorado Springs, Colo. His latest book is Killing Lions, a guide to young men that he co-wrote with his son, Sam. That 2001 book has now sold nearly 5,000,000 copies. ![]() John Eldredge served for 12 years on the staff of Focus on the Family before releasing a book that became a publishing phenomenon, Wild at Heart.
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