“There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons.” HomeChurchMomLessonsPianoPiano Lesson Author:Ernie Isley
“So why you pushin' it? Why you lyin' for? I know where you live, I know your folks, you was a sucka as a kid. Your persona's drama that you acquired in high school in actin' class, Your whole aura is plexiglass. What's-her-face told me you shot this kid last week in the park; That's a lie, you was in church with your moms.” KnowsWholeKidsSchoolLastsFacesLyingChurchClassWeekMomDramaHigh SchoolShotsFolksHip HopRapParksPersonaYour MomAurasWhere You Live Author:O.C.
“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
“If I'm going to see my mom, I'm going to church!” IfsChurchMomMy MomGoing To Church Author:Antoine Fuqua
“I didn't have an imaginary childhood friend, but I did one day imagine somehow tiny green men, and they were only tiny and green because my brother had a ton of toy soldier toys that came on a skateboard plank type of thing, and I just envisioned in this car driving to church with my mom, they were there.” MenChurchImagineChildhoodCarBrotherMomTypeOne DayGreenSoldierMy MomTinyDrivingMy BrotherImaginaryToysChildhood FriendCar DrivingToy Soldiers Author:Jim Parsons
“I've got three kids. I worry about them but the gospel freed me and freed my wife. We are not trying to make our kids think that we're super spiritual or we've got it all together. They see mom and dad being real people. What they hear dad talking about at home is not different from what they see from dad [at church]. That won't guarantee that they'll avoid the whole PK, MK thing. But we are hopefully not contributing to what normally produces that crisis, which is pretending.” PeopleThinkingTryingDifferentRealWholeHomeKidsTogetherSpiritualThreeChurchTalkingWorryWifeProduceMomDadCrisisMy WifeHopefullyGuaranteesPretendingBeing RealContributingGuarantees ThatMom And DadHopefully Not Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“A friend of ours, the wife of a pastor at a church in Colorado, had once told me about something her daughter, Hannah, said when she was three years old. After the morning service was over one Sunday, Hannah tugged on her mom's skirt and asked. "Mommy, why do some people in church have lights over their heads and some don't?" At the time, I remember thinking two things: First, I would've knelt down and asked Hannah, "Did I have a light over my head? Please say yes!" I also wondered what Hannah had seen, and whether she had seen it because, like my son, she had a childlike faith.” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsSaidTwoLightRememberThreeChurchMorningWifeSonMomPleaseDaughterDown AndTwo ThingsSundayMy SonThree YearsPastorSkirtsChildlikeColoradoThree Year OldsChildlike Faith Author:Todd Burpo
“I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly influence both at home and church. There was no alcohol and no smoking at our house. That was the way a Bowden was supposed to live. My dad always told me to represent the Bowden name in a respectful manner.” WayHomeHouseNamesChurchInfluenceMomDadRaisedMy DadMy MomAlcoholSmokingGodlyRespectfulGoing To ChurchNo SmokingMom Dad Author:Bobby Bowden
“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
“Only one party sticks out in my mind as a kid. It was the best party ever. I was 5 years old, and my mom dressed me up in a church dress and stockings to go to the party and park.” YearsMindKidsChurchPartyMomDressesSticksMy MomParksStockingsBest Party Author:Rihanna
“My mom knows what it's like to keep a dirt floor clean.” KnowsChristianLeadershipChurchMomCleanMy MomDirt Author:Santiago "Jimmy" Mellado
“I'm the only person in my family who can't sing. My grandmother was an opera singer and all of her kids were in church five days a week - or between church and vocal lessons at Carnegie Hall. But my mom had her first studio experience recording on my album. She's used to having to fill the room, so she had to adjust to the microphone and not sing opera.” FirstsPersonsKidsUsedChurchRoomsFiveWeekMomLessonsMy FamilyAlbumsStudiosMy MomSingersGrandmotherHallsOperaMy GrandmotherVocalMicrophonesCarnegieOpera SingersCarnegie Hall Author:Le1f
“Growing up in New Orleans, my mom and dad were churchgoers. I would go to church with them. Also, I was going to a Catholic school so I had a fascination with the Catholic Church mainly because, in my mind, (their services) didn't take as long. I was bouncing in between my mom's Baptist church, which was called Second Zion Baptist, and going to a Catholic Church.” MindLongSchoolChurchGrowing UpGrowingMomDadCatholicMy MomNew OrleansFascinationCatholic ChurchBaptistsMom And DadCatholic SchoolZion Author:Avery Johnson
“My mom was a housewife, and wasn't somebody that people would think of as a feminist, and when Ms. Magazine came out we were incredibly inspired by it. I used to cut pictures out of it and make posters that said, "Girls can do anything", and stuff like that, and my mom was inspired to work at a basement of a church doing anti-domestic violence work. Then she took me to the Soidarity Day thing, and it was the first time I had ever been in a big crowd of women yelling, and it really made me want to do it forever.” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsMadeSaidBigsUsedGirlStuffCan DoChurchForeverCuttingViolenceMomFirst TimeInspiredFeministCrowdsMy MomMagazinesDomestic ViolencePostersYellingHousewifeBasementsInspired To Work Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I've been scuffed up a little, but I just hope and pray that I keep my youthful looks for as long as possible. I grew up in a musical family -- my mom sings and my father plays the piano. They were both very active in the church.” LooksLittlesLongPlayFatherChurchGrewMomPrayingGrew UpMusicalMy MomActivePianoHope And Pray Author:Cyrus Chestnut
“People make their life really hard. It was as simple as this: My parents went to church. My grandfather was a bishop. My mom sang in the choir, my dad played the keyboard, and my uncle played the drums. I was into playing the drums, so I played the drums a lot for my uncle, and it got to the point where I was pretty nice at playing the drums. And he let me play every Sunday so, to me, going to church was fun.” PeopleHardPlayFunParentChurchSimpleNiceMomDadLet MeMy DadMy MomSundayGrandfatherUnclesMy GrandfatherBishopsKeyboardsChoirGoing To Church Author:Fetty Wap
“I grew up in church. My mom's a minister, and my grandmother was an ordained minister. I was always very mindful of the presence of a greater being I call God.” ChurchGreaterGrewMomGrew UpMy MomMinistersGrandmotherMy Grandmother Author:Mahershala Ali
“For years, my mom dated a man who was really active in the Baptist church in the town next to the town I grew up in, and so he used to drag me to these Baptist church services that lasted forever. I remember that I didn't like the church services, but I really liked the music.” MenYearsRememberUsedNextChurchForeverGrewMomGrew UpTownsMy MomActiveDragBaptistsChurch Service Author:Moby
“Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it's what I call the 'momily' - the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has.” HomeChurchGrowing UpGrowingMomIsms Author:Christine Pelosi