Must Reads

Are we working too hard trying to “discover our higher purpose” - putting ourselves under too much pressure? Author and thought leader Liz Gilbert seems to think so. On Kate Bowler’s podcast yesterday she said this:

“There is a pathological obsession, and I don’t use the word pathological lightly, in this country with making sure your life has a higher purpose, rather than just having a life, which is already pretty incredible.“

Watch this short clip. 

Gilbert, whose brain, spirit and work I adore, goes on to say there’s incredible pressure to...

Reverend Timothy Keller died yesterday, after a three-year cancer battle, and I can’t stop thinking about who I would be had I never encountered his book The Reason for God: Belief in the Age of Skepticism.

I bought it on the same day I picked up Bob Goff’s Love Does. They were displayed right next to each other on the table at Barnes & Noble. It was 2009, and I’d never heard of either man, but obviously, I was searching; somehow trying to believe in God again.

I’ve read two dozen of Keller’s books since, so I’m wistful and plaintive over his...

I’m not overstating when I say Ted Lasso had more impact on me as a coach than coaching school did. That’s because coaching school changed what I do. Ted Lasso changed who I am, or at least who I aspire to be.

#TedLasso is my hero and now that the show has “ended” here are some ideas worth considering.

(This post is full of spoilers. Proceed with caution.)

1. It’s not about us. Trent Crimm entitles his book about Richmond’s Cinderella season, The Lasso Way. The only edit Ted leaves for Trent is to change the title because it’s not about him and it...