Blog
Writing on mission, leadership, and the church.
Essays, research and daily devotionals by André Rocha.
Featured essays
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Fewer Partners, Greater Depth: Four Moves for a Missions Strategy
Most missions committees don’t decide by strategy. They decide by whoever asks the loudest or asks last. Four moves change that: focus, balance, a…
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Church Revitalization Will Be Won by Formed Leaders, Not Better Methods
Sam Rainer’s new research on the “new wave of pastors” finds the future of church revitalization depends less on better methods and more on…
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He Goes Ahead: Honoring the Shepherds Who Lead Us
“When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.”…
Daily Devotional
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Daily Devotional: Mark 3
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Daily Devotional: Mark 2
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Daily Devotional: Mark 1
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Daily Devotional: Matthew 28
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Daily Devotional: Matthew 27
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Daily Devotional: Matthew 26
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Daily Devotional: Matthew 25
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Daily Devotional: Matthew 24
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Daily Devotional: Matthew 23
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Daily Devotional: Matthew 22
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Daily Devotional: Matthew 21
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Daily Devotional: Matthew 20
All writing
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People As Your Greatest Resource
Jim Collins’ ‘first who, then what’ meets the mission of God: why the church must recover the laity as subjects, not objects, of the…
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Organizations are Cultures
Organizations both have cultures and are cultures, product and process at once. What an evangelical pastor in Orthodox Greece learned about tradition, innovation, and…
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Flexibility Preserves Organizational Life
Bolman and Deal found that even the most complex organizations need adhocracy to survive. On fluid structures, and why life produces order but order…
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Leaders as Learners
Chris Argyris showed that the smartest leaders are often the worst at learning from failure. On defensive reasoning, espoused theories, and why change is…
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The Last Mile to Golgotha
Simon of Cyrene was forced to carry Christ’s cross, and he never recovered. On the shame, the cost, and the glory of identifying with…
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The Child and the Captain
A girl who waded into the sea claimed to know the ocean; an old captain knew better. On the difference between having information about…
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Day of Pentecost
From Israel’s harvest festival to the multicultural mission of the Church: what Pentecost means for every Christian, and why every believer is in some…
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The Identity of Jesus in Luke 9
Herod, the crowds, the disciples, and God himself each answer the question ‘Who is Jesus?’ Luke 9 layers four perspectives into a single portrait…