A few weeks ago, I was talking to a local resident. She had taken her son into one of our churches. Once there, he just sat, not moving. Eventually he spoke, of how beautiful the place was. He could never remember being in a church before, now he was overwhelmed. Apparently he had no wish to come to a service, but he did want to go into other churches, to sit and be still.
I do not know what words this person would use to describe what he discovered in the church; quite possibly “God” would not be one of them. But in that moment, God connected with him, whatever he thought it was. God does not need a preacher to reach out to his/her people.
Rev David Poyner