“When I was three, I fell and I got Bell's palsy in my face. My mom said the first day she called the rabbi, and he said a prayer for me but nothing happened. The second day she called the Mormons, and they said a prayer for me and my face was healed, so my whole life was going around as a Jew who was giving talks in Mormon churches about being healed by the Mormons.” GivingFirstsSaidWholeFacesThreeChurchPrayerHappenedMomJewMy MomWhole LifeBellsThey SaidHealedRabbi Author:Roseanne Barr
“We grow up as natural optimists as Americans. Catholic priests were so hopeful as we watched the Vatican II experience. Yet, it's a punch in the belly to see what has happened in the church and the world. Dualistic thinking seems to have taken over the church and our politics to a really neurotic degree.” ThinkingWorldSeemsGrowsNaturalChurchGrowing UpTakenHappenedDegreesCatholicHopefulPriestsOptimistBellyNeuroticVatican Ii Author:Richard Rohr
“I think a lot of bad things have happened in the name of the church and in the name of Christ. Therefore I shy away from church...” ThinkingPoliticalReligionNamesChristChurchHappenedShyBad Things Author:John Lennon
“The Copernican revolution was actually a contribution to the life of the church, the development of our view of ourselves in terms of the Universe, and therefore our view of God, et cetera. But, that took centuries, and struggles, and conflicts before that happened.” UniverseTermChurchViewsStruggleHappenedCenturyRevolutionDevelopmentConflictContribution Author:George Coyne
“I sat on the piano bench next to my mother in church. Something happened before I set foot on this planet. I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.” MotherNextChurchHappenedFeetPlanetsDadMy DadHearingBrilliantSingersPianoSatBenchesPianistCrawling Author:Al Jarreau
“Judson Church was a very important place because they believed in art. They also took care of drug addicts. Without the Judson, nothing could have happened.” ArtImportantCareChurchHappenedDrugAddictDrug Addict Author:Claes Oldenburg
“At least to look back over their own lives, as I have looked back over mine, for certain themes and patterns and signals that are so easy to miss when you're caught up in the process of living them. If God speaks to us at all other than through such official channels as the Bible and the church, then I think he speaks to us largely through what happens to us, so listen to what has happened to you-for the sound, above all else, of his voice.” IfsThinkingLooksHappensCertainSpeakEasyProcessSoundVoiceChurchHappenedMissingMinesPatternsCaughtOfficialsThemeCaught UpSignals Author:Frederick Buechner
“I do think that the legacy of the Norman conquest is still strong in Britain. Our hereditary monarchy, our established church, our ancient county structures, though hollowed out in many ways, are a direct result of what happened in 1066.” ThinkingWayStillsStrongChurchResultsHappenedDirectStructureAncientLegacyBritainConquestMonarchyCountyHereditaryNorman Conquest Author:Paul Kingsnorth
“Suddenly you're at church and you hear someone pray, "For gays and lesbians, that they might realize their [sins]...." That's happening less and less now, but all it takes is one of those when you're nine, ten, eleven, twelve - and it's hard to describe to people who aren't, because of course if you're not gay, an eleven- or twelve-year-old wouldn't even remember that that happened.” PeopleIfsYearsHardMightRememberCoursesRealizingChurchSinHappenedPrayingGayTenHappeningsNineTwelveEleven Author:Stephen Karam
“I went to the little church in the country after ten years in the city. And part of my dream was to sit on people's front porches with glasses of iced tea, and all that happened. I was able to send birthday cards to everyone in the parish and able to know everyone who was there on Sunday by name. And that was what I'd been looking for.” PeopleKnowsYearsLittlesCountryDreamAbleNamesChurchCitiesHappenedFrontsTenGlassesCardsTeaSundayPorchParishBirthday CardFront PorchesIced Tea Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“Columbia Heights was a poor, messed up area, and the church was in the middle of it. What happened inside was a reflection of the community. I actually saw my first rock concert on the altar of that church [St. Stephen's].” FirstsCommunityChurchPoorSawsHappenedMiddleRocksReflectionAreasHeightConcertsAltarsMessed UpColumbiaRock Concerts Author:Ian MacKaye