Every Christian is a sent one. There is no such thing as an unsent Christian.

Our point isn't to make an examination of popular film but to illustrate that the yearning for a heroic adventure lies just beneath the surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.

I found out the hard way that if we don't disciple people, the culture sure will.

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

Most churches don't have the resources for these tricks and inducements but are still bound to the imagination that church happens on a Sunday in a building.

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

But the standard churchy spirituality doesn't require any real action, courage, or sacrifice from its attendees.