Destiny Reinterpreted (excerpt)

I’m observing that former institutional leaders like me seem to be in various stages of processing. Some are just burnt out from all the crap, and left completely disillusioned, even possibly questioning their relationship with God. Some have just walked away because they believed there must be a better way, and have found their way into more organic expressions of faith.

Me? I consider myself kind of an anomaly. I feel like I was dragged out of the institutions kicking and screaming. Yes, I was hungry for “more”, but the institutional circle was the place where I found the attention and acceptance I craved—mainly because my musical gifts were a commodity. There’s too much to share here, but my journey out of institutional forms into house church was God’s way of removing me from that system without me really realizing until much later what He was doing. And today, having led a house church for nearly 10 years, I now see myself as a “leader in transition”—having been in a more organic setting for awhile, but still deconstructing in some ways, and just now beginning to see a wider horizon.

But one thing that I think makes it particularly difficult for leaders who are “leaving” is this: most of us didn’t enter “the ministry” just because it seemed like a cool thing to do. If you’re anything like me, this was something you felt called to do—a mandate….

Wayward Son

Musician. Composer. Recovering perfectionist. Minister-in-transition. Lover of puns. Hijacker of rock song references. Questioner of the status quo. I'm not really a rebel. Just a sincere Christ-follower with a thirst for significance that gets me into trouble. My quest has taken me over the fence of institutional Christianity. Here are some of my random thoughts along the way. Read along, join in the conversation. Just be nice.
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