“It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.” MenLastsTimeJesusNamesLostParentLosesChurchHardestIronyMinistryChristian Ministry Author:Vance Havner
“It is upsetting to many parents that their teen-agers introduce them to their friends as encyclopedia salesmen who are just passing through ... if they introduce them at all. I have some acquaintances who hover in dark parking lots, enter church separately and crouch in furnace rooms so their teen-agers will not be accused of having parents.” IfsParentChurchDarkRoomsPassingPassingsUpsetIntroducingAccusedAcquaintanceSalesmanParkingPassing ThroughEncyclopediaFurnacesParking Lot Book:Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own! Source: Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!
“The clergy profession is fundamentally self-defeating. Its stated purpose is to nurture spiritual maturity in the church - a valuable goal. In actuality, however; it accomplishes the opposite by nurturing a permanent dependence of the laity on the clergy. Clergy become to their congregations like parents whose children never grow up, like therapists whose clients never become healed, like teachers whose students never graduate.” ChildrenSelfSpiritualPurposeGrowsParentGoalChurchGrowing UpTeacherStudentsOppositesValuableAccomplishProfessionPermanentMaturityGraduatesClientsNurtureDependenceHealedNurturingTherapistsCongregationClergyActualitySpiritual Maturity Author:Christian Smith
“My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman.” PersonsSometimesMotherFatherParentChurchNeighborMinistersGentlemanTerrific Author:Jane Pauley
“The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living faith reflected in daily service, the discipline of hard work and stick-to-itiveness, and a capacity to struggle in the face of adversity.” ChildrenHardFacesLeftParentBlackCommunityChurchStruggleTeacherGenerationsIdentityMaterialsHard WorkDisciplineCapacityAdversitySticksLegacyPricelessMy GenerationFacing AdversityCultural Identity Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us - our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states. That is why the practice of meditation, looking deeply, is so important.” IfsImportantWarStatesFeelingsPeaceParentChurchWorkFamilyPracticeMeditationSocietyReturnElementsPerceptionHarmonyOur FamilyOur Society Book:Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition Source: Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition
“I watched my parents in their leadership callings in the Church and the community. We just grew up knowing that we should serve and do whatever we could do to make things grow.” ShouldGrowsParentCommunityChurchKnowingGrewCallingGrew Up Author:Margaret D. Nadauld
“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
“For a long time religion made me feel guilty for being involved in music. Growing up, the religion I grew up in, the Church of Christ, encouraged a capella, but didn't allow musical instruments, so even though my parents allowed me to play trumpet in the band, and I was pretty good at it, it had this baggage.” FeelsLongMadePlayParentChristChurchGrowing UpGrowingGrewInvolvedBandGrew UpLong TimeInstrumentsMusicalGuiltyTrumpetsBaggageMusical InstrumentsChurch Of Christ Author:Gary Panter
“I was raised in church by Christian parents and I was baptized when I was 11 years old. But I didn't really have a good understanding of what the Gospel was really all about until college.” YearsChristianParentUnderstandingChurchCollegeRaisedBaptizedGood Understanding Author:Lance Berkman
“Me and Sandra are thoroughly satisfied customers as parents of kids who came through this Orange model.” KidsChristianParentLeadershipChurchModelsCustomersSatisfiedOrangeSatisfied Customers Author:Andy Stanley
“A parent asked me today, "How do you get your children to pray in church?" My response? "Pray at home."” ChildrenHomeTodayParentChurchPrayingOur ChildrenResponseYour Children Author:Mark Hart
“Like my parents, I have never been a regular church member or churchgoer. It doesn't seem plausible to me that there is the kind of God who watches over human affairs, listens to prayers, and tries to guide people to follow His precepts - there is just too much misery and cruelty for that.” PeopleTryingHumansKindSeemsParentChurchPrayerWatchesToo MuchMembersMiseryAffairGuidesCrueltyPlausibleChurch Members Author:Benjamin Spock