In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.

There's no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.

Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.

Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one's role in society, and the relation between the two.

We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.

Put 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.

At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.