Brian D. McLare is a sought-after speaker and highly respected author focusing on the church and the postmodern cultural shift surrounding it. He s founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church, an innovative, nondenominational church in the Baltimore-Washington region. Brian is the author of A Generous Orthodoxy, Finding Faith, A New Kind of Christian, and More Ready Than You Realize. He s also on the international steering team and board of directors for emergent (www.emergentvillage.org), a growing generative friendship of missional Christian leaders. Brian is married to Grace. They have four children.