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.

The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.

A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.

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

A retreatist spirituality is not a spirituality that can, or will, transform the world in Jesus's name.

Worship that is in some way divorced from mission is counterfeit worship

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.