There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.

When the church is in mission, it is the true church. The church itself is not only a product of that mission but is obligated and destined to extend it by whatever means possible. The mission of God flows directly through every believer and every community of faith that adheres to Jesus. To obstruct this is to block God's purposes in and through his people.

We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.

If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture, we must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.

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

Nowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.

Go among the people. Don't assume you know what church looks like.