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.

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

It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.

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.

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

Because we believe that somewhere in the nest of paradigms contained in the phrase "missional church" lies nothing less that the future viability of Western Christianity.

If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?