This morning I was listening to Steven Johnson’s Where Good Ideas Come From, while taking a morning walk. Its a very interesting book that explores the place of “slow hunches” and cross-domain thinking, and how error is essential to critical thinking. Through this book I was introduced to a term I had not heard before…"Keystone... Read More

this is the eulogy steve jobs’ sister, mona simpson gave at steve’s memorial service. very powerful from a relational and personal level, providing lots of insight into the man. Mona notes that steve was devoted to simplicity and beauty.  i guess you could say he was committed to living a beautiful life. He was inspired... Read More

Real game-changers are hard to come by. Sure the University of Oregon has 80 different uniform combinations…but that’s not really a game-changer. Since reading the article about the Little Rock Football, I’ve been thinking about game-changers. In the summer of ‘71 I (#63) travelled with the Cal Rugby Team for a five-week tour of Australia... Read More

A game-changer is an event, tactic, strategy, approach, etc. that forever changes how a game is played. Think of William Webb Ellis (probably out of primal frustration) who picked up the soccer ball and started to run. When the opposing side tackled him to the ground, the ball now squished to a more oblong shape... Read More

 In June Zondervan released Bridges to Grace: Innovative Approaches to Recovery Ministry, a 189 page book written by my wife with her co-author and friend Teresa McBean—Executive Director of the National Association for Christian Recovery. Bridges to Grace is the latest book in Leadership Network’s Innovation Series. Bridges to Grace highlights the creative approaches of... Read More

A young lady in the office asked my wife about having children. Liz and she had a thoughtful conversation and then Liz said, “Oh, I’ll see if I can find a really sweet article on becoming a mom.” She did find it and copied me in her response. It is pretty sweet…. A view of... Read More

On Saturday Liz and went with some dear friends of ours to the U2 Concert at Invesco Stadium in Denver.  And it was a pretty incredible experience on so many levels.  The concert opened with a local group—the Fray—local boys , from church worship bands, who made good going gold, platinum, and multi-platinum with their... Read More

OK, how many times have we heard that line? And it doesn’t matter who says it…or where they live, we just nod in agreement. In the December 2010 edition of Men’s Health the editors published a list of the 100 most religious cities in the U.S.(see www.menshealth.com/metrogrades). Here’s how they came up with their findings:... Read More

My friend Drew Gentile, Chief of Staff for Campus Crusade’s Leader Led Movements, sent this response…which I thought deepened the discussion: Interesting article. I think you can press farther into the dimension of the benefit to recipients. One of my observations from my post here at CCC is that “sending” has often been viewed in... Read More