We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk away from the familiar paths that have brought us to this point.
ALAN HIRSCHBut because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one’s role in society, and the relation between the two.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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There is no doubt that to walk with Jesus means to walk on the wilder side of life.
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Liminality and adventure or continue to remain a religious ghetto for culturally co-opted, fearful, middle-class folk.
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
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A missional church is a church that must live the dialectic. It must stay in the journey.
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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.
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There’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as consumerism.
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The missional church is not a new trend or the latest new technique for reaching postmodern people.
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In a world that demands service we position ourselves as servants.
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It is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures.
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Built squarely on a fivefold ministry, organized around mission where everyone (not just professionals) is considered an empowered agent, and tends to be decentralized in organizational structure.
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Those of us with too much invested in the way things are will never embrace the revolutionary cause required for wholesale change.
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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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A capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship.
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It’s not so much that the church has a mission, it’s that the mission of God has a church.
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