"Schumacher said small is beautiful, and counter-intuitively, it seems to me that it is as aliens and outsiders, artists and ambassadors FROM the margin that we will influence society."

I've read Schumacher's book many years ago and agreed with much of what it said. This is an interesting twist on it. As churches get big, they can influence society, IF and it is a big if, they don't get co-opted by society. But, in the end, because they are so big, they tend to be much like the culture, instead of trying to impact it. Not sure waht the implies about how to live, other to make sure that you don't get so wrapped up in the culture that you are the culture.