Donald Miller grew up in Houston, Texas, where he left at the age of twenty-one to cross the country with a friend in a Volkswagen van. The stuff of that trip would later become his first book, Through Painted Deserts. A couple years after releasing Through Painted Deserts, Don released Blue Like Jazz, a spiritual memoir about finding Christian faith in a post-Christian culture. Blue would slowly become a bestseller, and spend more than forty-weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers List. Don’s next book was Searching for God Knows What, followed by To Own a Dragon, a book he wrote about growing up without a father. To Own a Dragon also served as the motivation to start The Belmont Foundation, a not-for-profit equipping local churches to start mentoring programs.
Don has always been fond of riding bikes. As a kid, he rode a bike with a banana seat, but upgraded to a mountain bike once he made it to Oregon. For years, living in Portland, Don didn’t have a car and during that time discovered the bike-mad ways of his new hometown. The Ride:Well Tour across America will, without a doubt, be the most challenging ride he’s ever done, but it’s been a lifelong dream. And to ride for a cause as substantial as Blood:Water Mission just makes the ride more meaningful for Don.
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