“When I was 25, I believed I could change the world. At 41, I have come to the realization that I cannot change my wife, my church, or my kids, to say nothing of the world. Try as I might, I have not been able to manufacture outcomes the way I thought I could, either in my own life or other people's.” PeopleWorldWayTryingMightKidsAbleChurchMy OwnWifeMy WifeRealizationOutcomesChanging The WorldMy Own Life Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“It is ironic to watch the churches, including large sections of my own religion, surrendering to the spirit of modernity at the very moment when modernity itself is undergoing a kind of spiritual collapse.” KindMomentsSpiritualSpiritChurchMy OwnWatchesIncludingIronicCollapseSectionsModernity Book:Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea Source: Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea
“I'm not religious, but I am spiritual. I have my own relationship with a being that I consider to be everywhere. All and everything. I don't need a church or a synagogue or a mosque. I don't need to kneel down, I don't need to stand up, I don't need to be hanging from a thread.” NeedsSpiritualChurchReligiousMy OwnThreadMosquesSynagogue Author:Ron Perlman
“The world has a thousand creeds, and never a one have I; Nor church of my own, though a million spires are pointing the way on high. But I float on the bosom of faith, that bears me along like a river; And the lamp of my soul is alight with love, for life, and the world, and the Giver.” WorldWaySoulReligionChurchMy OwnMillionsBearsThousandRiversMy SoulLove LifeCreedsLampsPointingFloatsGiverBosomsSpires Author:Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“I think poetry has started to take on a supplementary role of prayer for some people. The churches, I think, including my own, are terrible at teaching people how to pray. It may be that we need to learn from the ground up as religious people, whether Christian or not, how to pray.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMayChristianChurchReligiousMy OwnPrayerRolesTeachingPrayingTerribleIncluding Author:Kevin Hart
“I went to Catholic school for 12 years and went to church every Sunday. I may not do that anymore but I think it gave me a good basis. I've also explored things on my own different philosophies and spiritual teachings and I use what works for me.” ThinkingYearsMayDifferentPhilosophyUseSchoolSpiritualChurchMy OwnTeachingBasesCatholicSundayCatholic SchoolSpiritual Teaching Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Each of those churches shows certain books, which they call revelation, or the Word of God. The Jews say that their Word of God was given by God to Moses face to face; the Christians say, that their Word of God came by divine inspiration; and the Turks say, that their Word of God (the Koran) was brought by an angel from heaven. Each of those churches accuses the other of unbelief; and, for my own part, I disbelieve them all.” BookShowsInspirationChristianFacesCertainGivenHeavenChurchMy OwnDivineAngelJewRevelationsWord Of GodMosesFace To FaceUnbeliefDivine InspirationAge Of Reason Book:The Age of Reason, etc Source: The Age of Reason, etc
“Alongside my own deep personal faith, I am a follower, as well, of our civic religion. I am a big believer in the separation of church and state.” WellsStatesBigsChurchMy OwnBelieverSeparationFollowersChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateCivics Author:Barack Obama
“To the extent that the parents who send their children to these [Catholic] schools are parents like my own, who actually have faith in the church. Faith that it will provide their children with safety, a decent education and values about life and others. This is an institution that stands for all good in the world.” WorldChildrenSchoolValuesParentChurchMy OwnCatholicSafetyInstitutionsDecentHave FaithCatholic SchoolGood In The World Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“I don't have to go to church. The church is within me and the experience is my own. It's my life experience.” ChurchMy OwnLife Experience Author:Mariel Hemingway
“My own heart has to be under constant check by Jesus.” HeartChristianJesusLeadershipChurchMy OwnJesus ChristConstantChecks Author:Johnny Hunt
“God received from me something He didn't have on His own. My sin. I received something from God I didn't have on my own. His righteousness.” ChristianLeadershipChurchMy OwnSinRighteousness Author:Johnny Hunt
“I am highly susceptible to the force of all truly religious music, especially to the music of my own church, the church of Shelley, Michelangelo, and Beethoven.” ForceChurchReligiousMy OwnSusceptibleShelleyReligious Music Author:George Bernard Shaw
“I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, "Why is my own church, my own community, rejecting me because of my sexuality?".” WholeCommunityChurchMy OwnStyleGrewBandGrew UpAskingSexualityWhole LifeSouthernBaptistsChoirRejectingSouthern Baptist Author:Roger Ross Williams