“What is to be gained if we are so intent in reaching out to the unchurched that we then unchurch the reached?”

“God’s downward descent to us in grace reversed by our upward ascent in pragmatic enthusiasm, we are increasingly becoming a sheep without a Shepherd—and all in the name of mission. Instead of churching the unchurched, we are well on our way to even unchurching the churched.”

“We know we only have so much energy for reaching out; if we’re going to invest, we want it to be good.”

“To be free is all we want to be When everything seems so far out of reach”

“Often times we reach out to people who would rather not be reached. We love people who reject our love and would just as soon spit in our face, but Jesus asks us to go on loving--go on reaching. It's easy to love someone when they love us, but so much harder to love when we are treated poorly by that person.”

“we reach with our handsand brush away the clouds and pierce the skyto reach the moon and Marsbut we still can't reach the truth”