I am reading and reflecting on Cynthia Bourgeault’s book, “The Wisdom Jesus.”  It is one of the most challenging and thought provoking books that I have read in a long time.  Some of her insights are profound and others just make me run for the Tylenol to keep my head from...

Back in December, I spent almost an hour on the phone explaining to our insurance carrier what we do.  I explained that we coach, train and support residents who want to be agents of change in their community.  I explained that the “work” the leaders do is “theirs” and not...

In this political season we are hearing a lot about flip-flopping, politicizing and pandering.  It does often seem that the candidates say one thing in one setting and spin things differently in front of a different audience. Last week President Obama came out in favor of same-sex marriage....

This week my daughter was told that she could not be a Christian and believe in evolution.  It led to a great discussion and thankfully she came to realize there are many ways to practice the Christian faith.  Now, if people trying to make her question her faith would just admit that basic...

I ran across this quote in a preview of Scot McKnight’s new book The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited in a post titled Did Jesus Preach the Gospel? on the Out of Ur blog. “McKnight is concerned that we have confused “Gospel” with “Plan of...

Do you believe that you can take a radically diverse group of people and in all that diversity find unity while still respecting differences? When I wrote the vision of Embrace Richmond in 2005, I never dreamed it would be so difficult to live out.  Our vision is “a city united to...