The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.

A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus's name.

Whether we like it or not, we are all on a journey, a Quest if you will, every day of our lives, and the path we must take is full of perils, and our destiny can never be predicted in advance.

The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.

Being the church that Jesus intended means that we must participate in God’s eternal purposes for his world. Renewal means more than reinventing ourselves; it means rediscovering the primal power of the Spirit and the gospel already present in the life of the church—reconnecting with this purpose and recovering the forgotten ways. This purpose and potential have always been there, but individuals and communities have largely lost touch with them.

If we can embrace the adventure and risk and equip our churches to lay down their lives and abandon their inherent loss-aversion, who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge.

I found out the hard way that if we don't disciple people, the culture sure will.