I see a ton of businesses and church plants try to do the Lone Ranger thing and quite frankly, it often struggles to work.  Did you know Tonto was originally written into the radio script just so the Lone Ranger would have somebody to talk to?  I mean sure the Lone Ranger could kick butt and shoot people yet he was bored, didn’t know where to go, depressed and often suicidal. (ok I made some of that up:)  ”Leadership is lonely at the top,” they say.  Well, it doesn’t have to be.

Of course I think they called him “lone” cause it felt American, independent, tough.  If they woulda called it “Two Guys on Horses” it probably wouldn’t have felt so cool.  I mean nobody wants to share credit, right?  What, did you forget about the other fella?

Tonto wasn’t just a side-kick or a multi-cultural token.  The guy was on par with the Ranger in wit, courage and general whoop-up skills.  Two were way more effective than one and it showed in every half-hour episode.  We at City Community Church know it to be true. 

What about you?  Are you the Lone Ranger type?  Might wanna rethink that one cause well, he kinda wasn’t…getabsorbed…n