How do I follow Jesus? Church sausage-making and the five-year plan

• How do I actually follow Jesus if I cannot count on church structure or devotionals to do it for me?

Mike asks the practical question: if church structure and devotionals cannot be counted on, how does anyone follow a walking King they cannot see? Dan answers from church-world experience: consultants, mission statements, and boxes stifle people God is leading elsewhere; his five-year plan is "follow Jesus," staying open to the widow God may want you to stop for.