Greg Laurie is known for his massive Harvest crusades and gatherings that lead to large swaths of faith professions and Gospel-driven inspiration, but the famed preacher is now embarking on a new endeavor: an animated project aimed at a younger generation.
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Laurie, whose story of coming to faith was told in the hit film “Jesus Revolution,” has long been an artist, recounting to CBN News how he spent his early years — a time plagued by difficulties in his home life — pouring himself into his art.
“It goes back to my childhood,” he said of his drawing skills. “If you saw the ‘Jesus Revolution’ film, you remember that young Greg was always drawing, and that’s actually very true. When I’d be waiting for my mom in smoky bars, late hours into the night, I had to do something to amuse myself.”
Laurie said he used humor and drawing to deflect from his pain, finding inspiration in his admiration for iconic animators like Walt Disney.
“I just love cartoons,” he said. “It was my goal in life to one day become a professional cartoonist, and I was serious about it; I was doing full-blown comic
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