Posts by Scott McClellan

I talk a lot about the tyranny of the urgent: our tendency to let today?s pseudo-emergencies keep us from looking ahead and thinking strategically about

My friend Tim Schraeder tweeted?yesterday that he is working with The Grid to “help robots build websites.” What does he mean by that? This: As

The following is an excerpt from Cole NeSmith’s new book, Spiritual Innovation.?Enjoy: I often hear people declare themselves, ?not creative.? In saying so, they mean,

Last week Tim Cook announced three important new developments: iPhones the size of dinner plates, a watch that your parents will not understand, and a

If you haven?t followed the Ray Rice/NFL story, you can see?why it?s a big deal here.? Here?s what I think this terrible story ought to

One of my favorite organizations is charity: water, founded by Scott Harrison. First and foremost, the organization changes lives by bringing clean water to people

Pastor, author, and speaker John Ortberg is part of the team behind SoulPulse, a new app that aims to help you better understand your spiritual

NewSpring Church (who I?ve blogged about before) launched a new website and visual identity over the weekend, and I love it. Best of all, right

Are you a podcast junkie like me? Either way, there are two new podcasts that are perfect for creative church leaders. In other words, you

On Sunday one of my favorite tech writers, MG Siegler, made a case for a crucial role within every organization: VP of Devil’s Advocacy. I’d

Someone on Twitter asked me to recommend some books on story the other day, and I thought I’d share my quick list with the rest

There’s a great new Kickstarter project ? Bibliotheca ? that reminds us why design matters so much: design shapes interaction, and interaction shapes formation. Take

Now that the online Christian outrage machine?has recovered from Darren Aronofsky?s and Russel Crowe?s Noah, Ridley Scott and Christian Bale are bringing us a film

It happened just last week, so quietly I missed it: the halfway point of 2014 has come and gone. With the year half over, this

Jonathan sent me this article the other day ??Spotify?s Design Lead On Why Side Projects Should Be Stupid ??and it fit with a theme I?ve

There’s a new video from Verizon making the Internet rounds: To me, it’s a great example of what the best stories do: combine truth, beauty,

Recently I stumbled upon a tension that I think is underneath a lot of conflict in the modern church’s past, present, and future. It?s a