“I think records and music are more appropriate and more respectful of the human soul than the churches are. And more respectful of the needs of humans to communicate with the aspects of themselves that are neglected by language.” ThinkingNeedsHumansSoulLanguageChurchRecordsAspectCommunicateAppropriateNeglectedHuman SoulRespectful Book:Will Oldham on Bonnie Source: Will Oldham on Bonnie
“Buddhism isn't about temples, and incense, and shaved heads, and robes. It's not about church. There are aspects of Buddhism that involve that. People enjoy that, it helps them, it strengthens their practice.” PeopleHelpingEnjoyChurchPracticeBuddhismAspectBuddhistTemplesCosmologyRobesIncenseShaved Head Author:Frederick Lenz
“The haggard aspect of the little old man was wonderfully suited to the place; he might have groped among old churches and tombs and deserted houses and gathered all the spoils with his own hands. There was nothing in the whole collection but was in keeping with himself nothing that looked older or more worn than he.” MenLittlesWholeCharacterHandsMightHouseChurchInterestingAspectCollectionsOld ManWornSpoilTombsDesertedInteresting CharactersHaggardOld Churches Book:The Old Curiosity Shop Source: The Old Curiosity Shop
“If the churches ever did reunite, it would have to be into something that was as sacramental and liturgical and authoritative as the Roman Catholic Church and as protesting against abuses and as much focused on the individual in his direct relationship with Christ as the Evangelicals, as charismatic as the Pentecostals, as missionary-minded as the old mainline denominations, as focused on holiness as the Methodists or the Quakers, as committed to the social aspects of the Gospel as the social activists, as Biblical as fundamentalists, and as mystical as the Eastern Orthodox.” IfsIndividualSocialChristChurchAspectDirectAbuseCatholicCommittedFocusedHolinessOrthodoxActivistMissionaryBiblicalMysticalEasternCatholic ChurchCharismaticDenominationsQuakerRoman CatholicMethodistsRoman Catholic Church Author:Peter Kreeft