Thereโs no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.
Christianity is an adventure of the spirit or it is not Christianity.
There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.
At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
Most churches don't have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.
Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for wholesale change.