by Darren Cooper | Sep 22, 2026 | Podcast
The Decision You Make Before You Have to Make It I have interviewed a lot of people who built something real. Most of them can point to a moment of strategy, a pivot, a launch. Chad Temple doesn’t talk that way. When I asked him what kept him going for three...
by Darren Cooper | Sep 15, 2026 | Podcast
The Hundred Year Old Tree: What Thirty Three Years of Knocking on Doors Taught Chad Temple About Building Something That Lasts This post is inspired by our latest episode of the Create Your Art Podcast. Watch here. Chad Temple has spent almost four decades building...
by Darren Cooper | Sep 8, 2026 | Podcast
You Only Get to See the Next Step My brother Erik runs two organizations in Indianapolis that use affordable housing to fund global missions work. He is the president of The Stone Table. He sits in executive leadership at Community Reinvestment Foundation, the...
by Darren Cooper | Sep 1, 2026 | Podcast
Why Does God Care About Renting Apartments For twelve years, my brother Erik stood in front of a room on Sunday mornings and talked about God. Then he took a job renting apartments. The transition was not dramatic on paper. He had started his career in business, gone...
by Darren Cooper | Aug 25, 2026 | Podcast
Why 48 Was Not Too Late I have heard people write themselves off at 26. Not out loud, not in those words, but in the shrug that comes when you ask what they are working on and they say they missed their window. They have decided the story is already written. They are...
by Darren Cooper | Aug 18, 2026 | Podcast
The Open Doors That Built a Hundred Million Dollar Mission The man across from me quit his first real job over lunch. He did not agonize over it. He did not run a five-year projection or wait for the perfect quarter. He sat across a table from one of the partners,...
