Contents I Believe This Is Going to Be Our Finest Hour . xi A Note about St. Ignatius . xv Part One: How a Church on the Move Thinks . 1 1 From Self-Sufficiency to Amazing Grace 2 From Complacency to Urgency 3 From Cynicism to Hope 4 From Fog to Vision 5 From Superficial Happiness to Authentic Joy 6 From Calendar, Fiscal, or Academic Year to Liturgical Year 7 From a Learned Faith to a Lived Faith 8 From Religion to Spirituality 9 From Aiming to Please to Remaining True to Our Identity Part Two: How a Church on the Move Functions . 47 10 From (We Hope!) Benevolent Dictatorship and Fiat to Collaboration and Consensus 11 From Intolerance to Common Ground 12 From Business Meetings to Worshipful Work Sessions 13 From Paternalism to Empowerment 14 From Parishioners to Partners in Mission 15 From Presumptuous to Unassuming 16 From "Turning the Page" to Meaningful Healing 17 From the Stone Age to the Digital Age 18 From "Please Help Us" to "Let's Build Something Together" 19 From Clinging to the Past to Making Way for the Future 20 From Slow-Moving and Rigid to Spontaneous and Flexible Part Three: How a Church on the Move Worships . 103 21 From Perfunctory to Robust 22 From Starting Up Cold to Warming Up 23 From a Wall of Sound to the Sounds of Silence 24 From Lullabies to Hymns of Triumph 25 From Passivity to Processions 26 From Pulpit Ramblings to Good-News Homilies 27 From a Collection to an Offering 28 From Prohibition to Drinking from the Cup 29 From Announcements to Altar Calls 30 From Perfunctory Prayer to Worship Experiences Part Four: How a Church on the Move Forms Disciples in Faith . 153 31 From Indoctrinating to Instigating 32 From Child-Focused to Adult-Focused 33 From Complex to Simple 34 From Parents as Chauffeurs to Parents as Catechists 35 From One-Size-Fits-All to Variety 36 From Passive Pupils to Empowered Faith Sharers 37 From Creating Quasi Clerics to Training Leaders and Facilitators 38 From Hoping the "Nones" Come Back to Strategizing Their Retention 39 From Impersonal Parish to Small Faith-Sharing Communities 40 From Saying Prayers to Praying Always 41 From Hearing with Our Ears to Listening with Our Hearts 42 From Strangely Schizophrenic to Well-Balanced Part Five: How a Church on the Move Engages the World .

213 43 From Country Club to Advocate for the Poor 44 From Single-Issue to Consistent Ethic 45 From Going My Way to Going Green 46 From Fulfilling Obligations to Living Heroically 47 From Talking at the World to Interacting with the World 48 From Debating to Storytelling 49 From Waiting for the Doorbell to Ring, to Ringing Doorbells 50 From Maintenance to Mission and Mercy 51 From Regal to Humble 52 From Stationary Fortresses of Guarded Grace to Mobile Units of Graced Encounters A New Kind of Army and a Different Kind of War . 259 52 Ways to Get Mission and Mercy in Motion--At a Glance . 261 Bibliography . 263 Acknowledgments . 269 About the Author . 270.