In 2017, Sonia and I had the privilege of joining a pilgrimage through Israel called The Footsteps of Jesus, led by our dear friend Bob Rognlien. One moment from that trip has stayed with me ever since. Our group of Americans had just come out of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Christians…
When I served on my church’s elder team, we adopted a simple leadership practice that has stayed with me: Talk more about what you’re for than what you’re against. I’ve tried to carry that principle into my leadership work and into the rest of my life. It isn’t always easy. When people feel threatened or…
As I prayed and reflected on the idea of Dark Horses, another image kept coming to mind: the knight on a chessboard. At first, the connection was obvious. It’s a horse. But the more I thought about it, the more meaningful the symbol became. I’m not a great chess player, though I enjoy playing occasionally…
Think of Dark Horses as a letter. You may discover it’s very much a letter to you. It’s written especially to people sometimes called “the Dones” or “de-churched”—people who have stepped away from conventional institutional church but haven’t necessarily walked away from Jesus, faith, community or participation in his Kingdom. Some left because they wanted…
