If you have followed this blog for any period of time, you know that I started a non-profit called Embrace Richmond. The mission of Embrace is to strengthen under-resourced communities by empowering community based leaders and engaging people of faith in works of service.  In other words, we...

Scot McKight, in his book The King Jesus Gospel, points out that the modern church has a hard time moving people from the “Decided for Christ” category to the “Disciple of Christ” category.  I have several theories about why we have so many “Decided” folks and so few...

One of the first books about “how to do church” that I ever read was Rick Warren’s book, “The Purpose Driven Church.”  I am a very analytical, efficiency minded, business trained person – a product of the modern era.  Reading this book, I thought I had discovered the Holy Grail...

As children, one of the first games we learn to play is “follow the leader.”  As a child, I recall everyone fighting to be the leader.  I think it is fair to say that as a society, we value “leaders” above “followers.”  While it is true that all movements begin with a leader, as...