...in twenty-first-century life, texture is just as important as context. How things look and feel and appeal to our senses is as important as any rational system of ideas to which we have no feeling of connectedness....
In a chaotic world, texture is important. It is how we feel our way into the future. We desire to hold, feel, and struggle with ideas and issues of ultimate meaning....
...people are leaving the church because they want to embrace something more than abstract ideas and religious dogma. They want a transforming spirituality that gives their life shape and meaning.

Spencer Burke. A HERETICS GUIDE TO ETERNITY.