“The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to discover that between them and churches in towns there ought to be a most distinct and marked difference.” MenHas BeensCountrySeemsDifferencesChurchTakenOughtModelsTownsFaultsAncient Author:George Edmund Street
“If I just think of the churches in my little town here because I've been to every one of them, there are 27, there aren't that many where you walk in and say wow, people are excited about their faith. A lot of them, it's just what you do on Sunday at 10:00 or 11:00 and that's not true in other countries. In some other countries, it's still a very lively, vibrant experience.” PeopleIfsThinkingLittlesStillsCountryChurchWalksTownsExcitedSundayWowOther CountriesLivelyLittle Towns Author:Philip Yancey
“Towers in a modern town are a frill and a survival; they seem like the raised hands of the various churches, afraid of being overlooked, and saying to the forgetful public, Here I am! Or perhaps they are rival lightning rods, saying to the emanations of divine grace, "Please strike here!” HandsSeemsChurchGraceModernDivinePleaseSurvivalTownsRaisedVariousStrikesArchitectureLightningTowersRivalsHere I AmOverlookedDivine GraceForgetfulFrills Author:George Santayana
“Mr. Mum's Rudesheimer And the church of St. Geryon Are the two things alone That deserve to be known In the body-and-soul-stinking town of Cologne.” TwoSoulBodyChurchKnownDeserveTownsTwo ThingsMumCologne Book:On the Constitution of the Church and State Source: On the Constitution of the Church and State
“I grew up in church and I don't think I necessarily understood what it meant to be called into the culture and the community in the city that you're in or the town that you're in and live effectively and be informed and be gracious with people.” PeopleThinkingCultureCommunityChurchCitiesGrewGrew UpUnderstoodTownsMeant To BeGracious Author:Shane Harper
“I don't want to do anything to embarrass my family or my church because the town that I come from is so small. There are certain things that I just can't be part of because of my foundation.” WantCertainChurchMy FamilyTownsFoundation Author:Michelle Williams
“The usual struggle squeezing my bloated Citroën, absurdly named “Picasso,” in or out of any old Italian town. I should be taking a year over this and doing it on a donkey. Eventually found the road to the church of the Madonna of San Biagio, a foursquare temple sitting all alone in the plain. Sangallo's fantasy of the Doric order in honey-colored sandstone, with shell-niches, rosettes, oculi under heavy entablatures. Any one ignorant of geometry scarcely dare enter this shrine to number, measure, and weight. So clean and crisp I could eat it for breakfast.” ShouldYearsOrderFoundChurchNumbersFantasyStruggleSittingWeightTownsCleanDareHeavyIgnorantTemplesBreakfastItalianHoneyUsualShellsGeometryNicheAll AloneCrispsDonkeyShrinesSqueezingFoursquareSandstone Author:Joscelyn Godwin
“Trains are wonderful.... To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life.” HumansFactsChurchHuman BeingsWonderfulRiversTownsTrain Book:Agatha Christie: An Autobiography Source: Agatha Christie: An Autobiography