Alan Hirsch
In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit, a capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship, we are going to need the capacity to take a courageous stand when and where necessary.Collection: Order
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.Collection: Sunday
Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual irrelevance.Collection: Reflection
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.Collection: Believe
The appetite for adventure and risk is not exclusive to young Christians. In face, it seems to be a fundamental yearning, knitted into the fabric of the human soul.Collection: Christian
When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring. In short, we find the faith of leap.Collection: Innovation
The quest for heroic adventure then is a quest for the gospel, although it might not be seen that way by everyone.Collection: Adventure
Go among the people. Don't assume you know what church looks like.Collection: Leadership
We have to assume now that all mission is cross-cultural.Collection: Leadership
More data is not always the answer.Collection: Data
Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.Collection: Judgment