If a can opener no longer has the capacity to open cans, what is it?
There's no such thing as an unsent Christian. You have already been SENT.
A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus's name.
Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
Nowadays we raise our children in a cocoon of domesticated security, far from any sense of risk or adventure.
Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.