If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change.

Interestingly, it's as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey, the embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.

In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit, a capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship, we are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.

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

The ultimate solution to the problem of spiritual complacency is to create a systematically embedded culture of holy urgency.

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.

Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.