Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.
Alan HirschPut simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual irrelevance.
Alan HirschThis submission to the threshold of a cross is at the very root of our following Jesus; it changes the game completely.
Alan HirschBut the standard churchy spirituality doesn't require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.
Alan Hirsch