Welcome to my Blog
I started Carrying the Cross to chronicle my journey in the way of the cross in the midst of what I see as an increasingly more consumerist and humanist Christianity. Since 2006, Matthew 16:24 has been the constant invitation in my daily journey of knowing Christ, ministering to his church and engaging in his mission.
Church
I write about the Church as I experience it in my local community covering everything from ecclesiological trends to liturgy.
Leadership
I'm a champion and practitioner of servant-leadership principles and enjoy reflecting about cross-cultural leadership dynamics.
Theology
I like to theologize in ways that are biblical and missional. I also enjoy diving into doctrine and theology as history.
André Rocha
Hello, my name is André. I'm a pastor and missionary currently residing in San Diego with my wife Molly. I'm passionate about crossing cultures, consuming coffee and communicating Christ. The local church and missions are really important to me. To that end, I have degrees in Theology with a concentration in Urban Missions through the South American Theological Seminary and in Intercultural Studies with an emphasis in Leadership from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California.
Mission
Mission is the inevitable consequence of following Jesus, therefore I write about my praxis both locally and globally.
Preaching
Proclamation is my passion. Here you can catch all of my latest sermons in written word, audio or video.
Spirituality
I fan my faith into flame through personal spiritual practices, daily devotionals and insights from my endless chase after God's love.
My Latest Musings
November 2, 2019
Coincidence, Providence & Mission
Do you believe in coincidences? On of my main responsibilities as the Director of Missions at Solana Beach Presbyterian…
March 19, 2019
Build According to What You Believe
How much do you believe in the value of your work, service or product? Many professionals today feel stuck in their…
March 11, 2019
Ethics and Direction
Years ago I used to watch the Paris-Dakar rally, perhaps one of the most grueling events in motorsport history.…
February 28, 2019
Leadership is to Contend with the Unknown
We live in times where the old maps of people and project management are becoming obsolete. Technological and logistic…
February 14, 2019
Adaptive Challenges
There's an old proverb which says, "Don't be the general who's still fighting the last war." The wisdom of this…
February 7, 2019
Path and Pace in Leadership
In the early 80s, specialists at the Department of Labor in Japan started noticing a disturbing pattern in the…
October 26, 2018
Collective Cultural Lament
A few months ago someone opened a bakery in my neighborhood and it's been immensely popular ever since. It has an…
April 3, 2018
Christ Decolonized
Starting in the late 1800s, Western theologians launched a quest to discover the truth behind who Jesus really was.…
March 29, 2018
Six Ways the Eucharist Communicates Universally Today
On Holy Week Thursday, Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples where he instituted the Eucharist as the…