Last March we moved our Embrace Richmond corporate offices onto the campus of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (BTSR).   I love being at BTSR.  It has allowed me to have greater contact with the seminary community.  In the past two weeks, I have participated in several classes and...

With my new ipad and great tools like flipbook, I find I am spending more time reading blogs than books lately.  This week I stumbled upon several interesting but challenging posts.  Below are the highlights but I encourage you to visit the links and read the full article. These words from...

This month’s Synchroblog is titled, “Stories of the Wild Goose.”  Sadly, I was not able to attend the “Wild Goose Festival” which was held in late June on North Carolina.  This month’s theme will be capturing stories from the festival as well as “stories of how the Wild Goose...

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...

What is the future of the church?  Denominations?  Christian leadership?  How is technology and cultural shifts impacting the church and shaping its future?  These and many other questions are being asked and answered through the Emerging Church conversation. The Emergent conversation is...

This past week we concluded a three week training session at a local church.  This particular church is very active in urban missions.  They provide shelter through CARITAS, participate in feeding programs, the members sit on a number of non-profit boards, they assist with housing rehab for...

Several months ago my friend Charles and I were delivering school supplies to a church for inner city children living in Church Hill.  This community was named Church Hill because there is a church on nearly every corner; large stately churches that cast ominous shadows.  I mistakenly missed...

Servant Leaders, Servant Structures Elizabeth O’Connor http://wp.theoblogical.org/?page_id=3782 Insights from Chapter 1 I have been seeking to discern how to build organizational structures that foster creativity and unleash the missional imagination of people seeking to follow Christ in...

If you are interested in what God is doing through the Missional Church, I highly recommend, The Tangible Kingdom by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay.  Below are a few of my favorite quotes: “We have preached and listened to the preachers who tell us a story we’d all love to find ourselves in,...

I am entering into one of the most exciting seasons of my life.  God has allowed me to see and do so much over the past six years but I feel certain that it has all been preparation for what is yet to come. In September, Embrace Richmond transferred the Furniture Bank element of our...

There is something wonderfully exciting happening across the globe.  This past weekend I attended the Emerging Church Conference hosted by the Center for Action and Contemplation.  While the conference did not answer all my questions about the Emerging Church, I realized why I still have...

Next week I am headed to New Mexico to an Emerging Church Conference hosted by the Center for Action and Contemplation.  I posted this fact on my facebook page and one of my friends asked “What is the emerging church?”  I have been following the emerging church conversation off...