“I've always loved sports and hockey is a sport I play as much as I can. I love it. In a weird way it's like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one. I mean when I play hockey I don't think about anything.” ThinkingWayMeanI CanPlaySportsChurchExerciseTherapyHockey Author:Michael Vartan
“The bells are a very good investment. They never break if they are maintained. I can teach the kids the basics. They may play bells for only one year, but many of them go on to play at local churches.” IfsYearsMayI CanPlayKidsChurchTeachBreakGoes OnInvestmentVery GoodLocalsBellsBasicsLocal Church Author:Dan Gable
“The Angels shows are really intense. We play for a couple hours at a time. They're very theatrical and full of audience interaction and emotion. I've seen a lot of people crying and stuff. It's a little bit like church, but it's very secular.” PeopleLittlesPlayShowsStuffBitsHoursChurchEmotionAudienceCryCoupleLittle BitAngelIntenseInteractionSecularTheatrical Author:Tom DeLonge
“The church in the book (and movie) plays a pivotal scene. We looked everywhere .. I mean everywhere! We had to have enough of a front yard area to house a Nativity scenes. And we finally found it .. two miles from our office. And we had been all over Tulsa looking. We were looking in places in Texas, everywhere! And I was in the car with the director and we drove by the church.” MeanTwoBookEnoughPlayFoundHouseChurchCarFrontsSceneDirectorsOfficeAreasMilesTexasYardsPivotalBooks And MoviesNativityTulsa Author:Luka Magnotta
“Here's why I don't have time to 'play church': at the end of the day, when I was supposed to be discarded, and the tools came in to kill me, to crush my head or whatever you're supposed to do, the Lord took His hand, pushed in there, and pushed me back out of the way. And they thought they got me. But at the end of the day God had a plan for a broken situation.” WayEndsPlayHandsChurchSituationLordPlansBrokenToolsSupposed To BeCrushThe End Of The DayKill MeDiscarded Author:Fred Hammond
“In my dreams is a country where the State is the Church and the Church the people: three in one and one in three. It is a commonwealth in which work is play and play is life: three in one and one in three. It is a temple in which the priest is the worshiper and the worshiper the worshipped: three in one and one in three. It is a godhead in which all life is human and all humanity divine: three in one and one in three.” PeopleHumansCountryStatesPlayDreamLife IsHumanityThreeHeavenChurchDivineTemplesPriestsCommonwealthThree In One Author:George Bernard Shaw
“... work is only part of a man's life; play, family, church, individual and group contacts, educational opportunities, the intelligent exercise of citizenship, all play a part in a well-rounded life. Workers are men and women with potentialities for mental and spiritual development as well as for physical health. We are paying the price today of having too long sidestepped all that this means to the mental, moral, and spiritual health of our nation.” MenWellsMeanLongPlayTodaySpiritualOpportunityIndividualNationsChurchWorkMoralGroupsHe ManDevelopmentExerciseMen And WomenIntelligentWorkersEducationalContactCitizenshipSpiritual DevelopmentPhysical HealthWell RoundedSpiritual Health Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of faith that absolutely supports the church.” MenFirstsPlayChurchSupportAbsolutesBelieverImpulsePriestsTrue Believer Author:William H. Macy
“If you are called upon to play a church service, it is a greater honor than if you were to play a concert on the finest organ in the world... Thank God each time when you are privileged to sit before the organ console and assist in the worship of the Almighty.” IfsWorldPlayChurchGreaterHonorWorshipConcertsThank GodOrgansAlmightyFinestPrivilegedConsoleChurch Service Author:Albert Schweitzer
“Life is too short and hell is too hot to just play church.” PlayLife IsChurchHellHotMissionaryToo ShortLife Is Too Short Author:Larry Osborne
“Some men are like a church-organ -- you can play on them for a lifetime and always find new harmonies; others are like a music-box -- they have four or five thin jingles.” MenPlayChurchFiveFourHarmonyLifetimeBoxesOrgansJingles Author:Austin O'Malley
“Mom and sister played piano growing up; my grandma still plays piano in church. They always beat me over the head trying to get me to play piano, but I was more interested in riding dirt bikes and playing in the mud.” TryingStillsPlayChurchGrowing UpGrowingMomBeatsPianoRidingDirtBikeMudGrandmaMy GrandmaDirt Bikes Author:Dustin Lynch
“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
“The character I play has all these revolutionary ideas. I think the classic thing is that majority people who are criticising it probably have never read the books, and need to. And I'm sure that the Catholic Church, which is being directed as you know, can handle it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsBookIdeasPlayCharacterChurchCatholicMajorityHandleRevolutionaryClassicCatholic ChurchRevolutionary Ideas Author:Daniel Craig
“Important thing about myth is that it's not just something that you believe, a myth is essentially a program for action. And unless you translate a mythical story, or a doctrine out of the church, into practical action, it just remains incomprehensible. Rather like the rules of a board game which seem very sort of dull and complicated and incomprehensible until you pick up the dice and start to play, when everything falls into place.” BelieveImportantPlayStoriesSeemsActionFallGamesChurchPicksProgramRemainsImportant ThingsComplicatedMythPracticalsDoctrineBoardsDullTranslateDiceFall Into PlaceBoard GamesEverything Falls Into Place Author:Karen Armstrong
“My priorities are leaning more towards family, and I credit my southern upbringing to that. I was raised in the church as well, and God plays a big role in my upbringing and my life.” WellsPlayBigsChurchRolesRaisedCreditPrioritiesSouthernUpbringing Author:Omari Hardwick