the walls came tumbling down

Hebrews 11:30

I am really enjoying this chapter as I am forced to consider the faith behind the biblical stories I grew up with. I grew up with the story of Joshua and Jericho but never really considered the faith involved, both by Joshua and the people:
Imagine that you are the new leader of the nation. Sure, God has shown his power and affirmed your leadership by allowing the nation to cross the Jordan in a similar manner to the way he allowed them to cross the Red Sea. Now you are facing a new obstacle - a walled city. God's command is to take the city and get rid of all the inhabitants in the land but you have never led a military campaign before and your army certainly is not professional! So you start to pray, which is a good response to a shaky situation, and God actually speaks to you to give you the military plan: every day for six days, march once around the city. On day seven, march around the city seven times and then have everyone shout.
I can't imagine going back to my army as their new commander and telling them that this is the plan. I can't imagine standing up before the nation as their brand new leader and laying this out for them. People would think I was crazy! Yet, the people demonstrate incredible faith in Joshua as their leader and in God as the one who both appointed Joshua to lead and laid out this bizarre plan.
I think that our church has become too pragmatic in our decision making. I don't think we should discount logic and good sense too quickly but I think we may prize them too highly. I think that when we make pragmatic decisions we limit our ability to join in the work of God because we miss out on opportunities to see God do amazing things. I'm overstating my case because God is doing amazing things in our church but I worry that we are drifting more and more to a business model and away from the kind of reliance on and faith in God that would move us to march around a city blowing ram's horns.