I want to be a heretic and part of a purple cow

In the process of reading Seth Godin's book "Tribes" right now (about 3/4ths of the way through it) and wanted to post a couple of ideas/quotes from the book that I really like. A few thoughts of mine to follow those:

"Some tribes are engaged in change. Many are not. And it doesn't matter whether it's a church or a corporation, the symptoms are the same. The religion gets in the way of the faith. Static gets in the way of motion. Rules get in the way of principle. People show up because they have to, not because they want to. Desire is defeated by fear, and the status quo calcifies, leading to the slow death of the stalled organization."

"The only thing that makes people and organizations great is their willingness to be not great along the way. The desire to fail on the way to reaching a bigger goal is the untold secret of success."

"Workers in the balloon factory are always afraid, particularly of something happening. Things that happen are rarely good, because they disturb the status quo. That's why initiative is such an astonishingly successful tool: because it's rare."

"The largest enemy of change and leadership isn't a "no." It's a "not yet." "Not yet" is the safest, easiest way to forestall change. "Not yet" give the status quo a chance to regroup and put off the inevitable for just a little while longer. Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late."

I am not a big fan of the status quo. I would have to say that I like the idea of being a unicorn in the balloon factory. Making people nervous because I might pop some of their balloons. I want to be a heretic - the person who challenges the status quo, the one who is willing to do it differently, the one who believes change is possible. Changing the status quo, gives you the opportunity to create something remarkable. I want our church to be remarkable like a "purple cow. Brown cows are boring; purple ones are worth mentioning. Those ideas spread; those organizations grow. Boring ideas don't spread. Boring organizations don't grow." I want to be part of something remarkable, something that is involved in being creative in reaching people, something that brings about change in people's lives, something that is different than the normal most people settle for. Being a heretic sounds like a good idea to me. They don't still burn heretics do they?