OTHER VOICES: What Is Missing?

Two pieces of bread slapped together do not make a sandwich. Something is missing.

In his book Small Groups and Established Churches: Challenge and Hope for the Future, John Ellas mentions that people are on a “quiet quest” for a missing ingredient. Many Christians across the U.S. are finding themselves starving and hungry for something more, something with substance in their Christian experience. What is this needed substance? What is this missing ingredient?