“There is nothing more pitiable than a soulless, sapless, shriveled church, seeking to thrive in a worldly atmosphere, rooted in barren professions, bearing no fruit, and maintaining only the semblance of existence; such a church cannot long survive.” LongChurchExistenceFruitSeekingProfessionAtmosphereThriveRootedWorldlyMaintainingBarrenSemblanceSoulless Author:George C. Lorimer
“Churches are like announcement factories that pump toxic levels of noise pollution into the atmosphere.” ChurchLevelsNoiseAtmosphereToxicFactoriesPollutionPumpsAnnouncementsNoise Pollution Author:Scott McClellan
“One of my realizations in such an earthy atmosphere was that many of the burning theological issues in the church were neither burning nor theological.” ChurchIssuesRealizationBurningAtmosphereTheological Book:All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir Source: All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir
“We have not been men of prayer. The spirit of prayer has slumbered among us. The closet has been too little frequented and delighted in. We have allowed business, study or active labor to interfere with our closet-hours. And the feverish atmosphere in which both the church and the nation are enveloped has found its way into our prayer closets.” MenWayLittlesHas BeensSpiritFoundNationsHoursChurchPrayerStudyLaborActiveAtmosphereInterfereClosetsOur PrayersDelighted Author:Bonar Law
“There were positive things about the church, that is, in the European cultural sense, the architecture, the liturgy, the music, the art, such as it was, the stations of the cross in the church, the tradition, and the atmosphere of awe and mystery in the mass. The atmosphere of miracle, one of mainly mystery, that's what fascinates me.” ArtChurchMysteryMassTraditionCrossesMiracleArchitectureAtmosphereAweStationsPositive ThingsLiturgy Author:Frank McCourt