“I call this my church house trilogy. Souls' Chapel really was music from the Mississippi Delta, which to me is a church within itself. The Delta is the church of American Roots music. The Badlands is a cathedral without a top on it. And the Ryman has been called the Mother Church of Country Music, but to me it's the Mother Church of American Music. If you can think it up, it's been done there. In my mind, this is kind of a spiritual odyssey as much as anything else, and I had the settings of three churches to make it in.” IfsThinkingMindKindHas BeensSoulCountryDoneSpiritualMotherThreeHouseChurchRootsSettingSettingsMississippiCathedralsChapelOdysseyAmerican MusicTrilogiesDeltaMississippi Delta Author:Marty Stuart
“Religion is a set of social and political institutions and spirituality is a private pursuit which may or may not take place in a church setting.” MayPoliticalSpiritualitySocialChurchInstitutionsPursuitSettingSettingsPolitical Institutions Author:D. Patrick Miller
“I can never feel that setting fire to houses and churches and litter boxes and destroying valuable pictures really helps to convince people that women ought to be enfranchised.” PeopleFeelsI CanHelpingHouseSexChurchFireOughtBoxesValuableSettingSettingsConvinceDestroying Author:Millicent Fawcett
“And as we [ the Church] move towards setting new (United Nations') sustainable development goals, we also understand that one of our key priorities is improving social inclusion.” MovingNationsSocialGoalChurchUnitedKeysDevelopmentPrioritiesSettingSettingsInclusionImprovingUnited NationsSustainable Development Author:Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo
“I've grown up in a generation that questions God for setting boundaries. Does He have the right to set boundaries? I've grown up in a generation that thinks where meeting with a God is an ordinary thing.” ThinkingDoeChristianLeadershipChurchGenerationsOrdinaryMeetingsBoundariesSettingSettingsOrdinary Things Author:Francis Chan
“We have no idea who we really are. Whatever glory bestowed, whatever glory is being restored, we thought the whole Christian thing was about... something else. Trying not to sin. Going to church. Being nice. Jesus says it is about healing your heart, setting it free, restoring your glory. A religious fog has tried to veil all that, put us under some sort of spell or amnesia, to keeup us from coming alive.” TryingHeartIdeasWholeChristianJesusChurchReligiousSinHealingNiceAliveGlorySettingSettingsNo IdeaSpellsBeing NiceFogVeilsAmnesiaRestoringGoing To Church Book:Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire Source: Eldredge 3 in 1 - Sacred Romance , Waking the Dead, Desire
“My take on tithing in America is that it's a middle-class way of robbing God. Tithing to the church and spending the rest on your family is not a Christian goal. It's a diversion. The real issue is: How shall we use God's trust fund-namely, all we have-for His glory? In a world with so much misery, what lifestyle should we call our people to live? What example are we setting?” PeopleWorldWayShouldRealUseChristianAmericaGoalChurchClassIssuesMiddleExampleGloryMiserySpendingLifestyleSettingSettingsOur FamilyMiddle ClassFundStewardshipDiversionRobbingTithingBiblical StewardshipTrust Funds Author:John Piper
“One of the beauties of working in radio is the way a whole setting can be richly evoked simply by the addition to the track of a little birdsong and a church bell in the distance.” WayLittlesWholeChurchDistanceTrackRadioSettingSettingsBellsBirdsongChurch Bells Author:Peter Blegvad