We will have to take risks, to chance failure, to be willing to walk a — Alan Hirsch

"Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves."

"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."

"At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives."

"If we can embrace the adventure and risk and equip our churches to lay down their lives and abandon their inherent loss-aversion, who knows what innovation, what freshness, what new insights from the Spirit will emerge."

"Many church folk, in their self-conscious attempt to be overtly morally upright, emit all the wrong signals, thus messing with people’s perception of the gospel."

"But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify."