In addition to being involved in the world of religion and spirituality, I also have been fairly involved in the world of innovation. Much of this grew out of collegial work that I have done with a friend of mine. I will admit that I never thought too much about innovation before he and I began doing some thinking and, then, some writing on the topic of innovation. A couple things occurred to me in the process. In the first place I realized that it did not matter too much whether I used the word, innovation. In fact, I have been fairly innovative much of my life. When I learned the meaning of the language of innovation and looked at my experience, I recognized there was a match. Part of my misunderstanding was thinking that innovation was solely a business word. I knew businesses needed to be innovative---especially in today’s climate. And since I was not in business, the language of innovation did not apply to me. ...