“I’ve often said in churches [that] the best thing that could happen is if the church burned down and all the computers were lost and all the bulletins were blown away by the wind, and the minister was run over by a truck, and you’ve got nothing left except each other and God. That would be the best thing that could happen to you, because that’s where it all began, and that’s what it’s all about. All the rest is window dressing; it is trappings, it is words, words, words, words, words, words, words, which after time become just babble — God babble.”
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week633/fred.html
Frederick Buechner
Now THAT’s a quote that I wish you’d pulled out on us this afternoon. Good stuff.