Edgeland
A Geography of Decentered Discipleship*
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wider seas
Where storms will show your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.
— Attributed to Sir Francis Drake (1572)
The Call of the Periphery
The world is populated by hedge people, wedge people, and take-the-edge-off people. Jesus, however, called his followers to be none of…
