Here’s my hunch: People participate in church life, and attend worship, to connect to and experience transcendence; to participate in the Light – through congregational song, through caring community, through Communion, heck, maybe even through a sermon every now and then. However grounded and practical minded we are in our faith, some of us also yearn for that light-infused encounter of the Transfiguration. When the practical and the mystical get working together, it can be a powerful Why.
You can read Joel’s full article here.