Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-196)

Coral reefs, garage sales, and other mind-blowing disturbances : grappling with a new world -- A parable of three friends : coming to a right understanding of Newbegin -- How it all came to be : a brief history of the missional conversation -- Intermezzo : the language house -- Finding God in the concrete : locating our stories in the here and now -- Texts that propose a world : discovering a different way to enter Scripture -- Shifting worlds : the need for a new text -- The context and crisis : the shattered hopes of Luke's readers -- The boundary-breaking Spirit : seeing Luke-Acts through a language house lens -- The strange new ways of God : sending the seventy; a guide for our times -- A new set of practices : themes of Luke 10 -- Peace, healing, and the kingdom of God : living out a subversive proclamation -- Rules for radicals : the contours of a method -- Beginning the journey : some practical steps.