Rob Bell is a bestselling author, international teacher, and highly sought after public speaker. His books include The New York Times bestsellers What Is the Bible?, What We Talk About When We Talk About God, Love Wins, as well as The Zimzum of Love, Velvet Elvis, Sex God, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, and Drops Like Stars.
At age 28, Bell founded Mars Hill Bible Church in Michigan, and under his leadership it was one of the fastest-growing churches in America. In 2011, he was profiled in Time Magazine as one of their 100 most influential people. Rob was featured on Oprah's 2014 Life You Want Tour and will be speaking at venues around the world in 2015 on the Everything is Spiritual Tour. He and his wife Kristen have three children and live in Los Angeles.
I enjoyed all the stories from Rob's experience as a speaker, teacher, author, etc. He talks through the experiences and then riffs on those ideas with helpful ways to think about things. He doesn't pretend there is a one size fits all approach. So he lays out how your playing field, form, spirit, and love of the work you do can affect how your work ultimately looks.
The context, backstory and focus is very American. But the essence of what he's shares I found eye-opening and would suggest to anyone trying to figure out how to think about the value we bring in the work we do.