Jim Britts is a graduate of BIOLA's prestigious film school who found his life's calling when he began working with teens. As a veteran youth worker, Britts wrote the script to tell the story of the choices and challenges he sees teens facing today.

Here are a couple excerpts from Jim's recent interview with SocialWorkersSpeak.org.

Q: Jim, tell us a little about yourself?
A: I was a film major at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif. The summer before my senior year of college I was invited to work with high school students at a church. That summer I worked 80 hours a week and loved every minute of it. I kept my film major my senior year but knew that I wanted to now work in full time youth ministry pouring my life into teenagers. About three years ago I was approached about the idea of writing this script and it has been so cool to see my education finally come in handy. So many of the stories in the film are based on real life students that I've worked with and the struggles they have faced.

Q: What prompted you to write the book "To Save a Life"? In your work as a youth minister are you seeing a noticeable amount of teens dealing with issues you included in the book?
A: First of all, the book came after the movie. What prompted me to write the script was hardly being able to go a day without talking to at least one student who is going through some sort of hurt in their life. The story really came out of the desire to bring hope to hurting students and also to empower students to be the messengers of that hope to others on their school campus. I really wanted to convey the powerful message that simply by reaching out to the hurting and lonely at your school, you have the power to save lives. Just about every issue dealt with in the script/book I've seen countless times with students I mentor and work with.

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