Brad Lyons is the president and publisher of CBP/Chalice Press. The Oklahoma native and award-winning journalist is the extremely lucky and proud father of three kind, funny, and smart kids and custodian of a goldfish currently named Olive. Brad graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism with an emphasis in magazine editing. His newspaper reporting career took him to daily papers in Oklahoma, where he was recognized for excellence in reporting and writing for articles covering the Kairos prison ministry project and the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal office building. He worked in leadership development for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and earned his MFA from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.