Helen Lee, author of “The Missional Mom: Living With Purpose at Home and In the World,” wrote a fabulous post today about how Steve Jobs relates to missional living. The world needs more of the “crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers,” as Steve Jobs referred to himself.

Missional living, in my mind, is all about forging the counter-cultural path, and if there is any one quality that is required when you approach life this way, it is courage. Courage to be able to stand up and say there there is a different way. Courage to resist the temptation to people-please and stay true to what you know you have been called to do. Courage to be able to stick to your convictions when most everyone else around you is pursuing the path of greatest personal gain and glory, or the equally alluring path of least resistance. And missional living requires a little bit of craziness as well, as expressed so perfectly in the “Think Different” ad: “The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

You can read Helen’s full post on her blog. And if you like it, you might as well hop on over to Amazon and buy a copy of her book. It’s excellent, and is one of those books that lives within arms-reach of my favorite chair. But you can read it on your iPhone, if you prefer.