Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.
ALAN HIRSCHThe surface of our consciousness; film, television, literature, sports, and travel are in a sense vicarious adventures.
More Alan Hirsch Quotes
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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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Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
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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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All their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.
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The kingdom of God is a crash-bang opera: the king is dramatic, demanding, and unavoidable.
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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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Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.
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Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism, greed, and power of the present age.
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We are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.
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Truth is narrow, but grace is wide.
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In missional churches, the baby birds have been pushed out of the nest and are learning to fly for themselves.
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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.
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It seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.
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Renewal means more than reinventing ourselves; it means rediscovering the primal power of the Spirit and the gospel already present in the life of the church.
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Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles.
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