The church must move from standing committees to moving teams.

Americans like to whine and pine for the "good old days" when one individual with a pioneer spirit could carve a home out of the wilderness and create all that was needed for personal survival. There is a whole genre of "G"-type movies and TV shows that orbit about the theme of a "wilderness family." Despite the struggles and hardships of everyday life these hardy pioneers faced, they lived the "good life" - simple, pure and unfettered by the constraints and constructions of civilization.

In truth, a self-sufficient lifestyle sounds great until a big storm knocks out all your electricity. Without water, heat or light - all provided by one of those civilized intrusions into our lives - everything suddenly becomes much harder. …