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.

Christianity is an adventure of the spirit or it is not Christianity.

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

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

More data is not always the answer.

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

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