The faith of leap
Subtitle: embracing a theology of risk, adventure & courage
By: Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch
Contributors: Hirsch, Alan, 1954-
Series: Shapevine; Shapevine
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780801014154
Subjects: Risk-taking (Psychology); Mission of the church; Christianity
Description: "So much of our lives is caught up in the development and maintenance of security and control. But as Helen Keller observed, "Security is mostly a superstition. . . . Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." And when our only experience of Christianity is safe and controlled, we miss the simple fact that faith involves risk. In The Faith of Leap, Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch challenge you to leave the idol of security behind and courageously live the adventure that is inherent in our God and in our calling. Their corrective to the dull, adventureless, risk-free phenomenon that describes so much of contemporary Christianity explores the nature of adventure, risk, and courage and the implications for church, discipleship, spirituality, and leadership" -- BACK COVER.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The end of the beginning : introduction; title: The spirit's edge : putting adventure back into the venture; title: Jesus is my disequilibrium : where friends become comrades; title: A walk on the wilder side : overcoming fear in pursuit of wild hope; title: The hero's journey : becoming who we were made to be; title: Getting over risk aversion : extracting truth from dare; title: Missional catalysis : thinking differently about the church and her mission; title: The risk of neighborliness : an invitation to take the plunge; title: The beginning of the end : conclusion.