I have come to think that the challenge confronting Christians is not that we do not believe what we say, though that… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
I'm a God-fearing man, go to church every Sunday, and have since I was a boy. But if I ever found out… — Chael Sonnen Copy Share Image
Sunday, if I'm lucky, I'll go to church or listen to some good spiritual advice on the television or on the radio.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Jesus was the poorest of the poor. Roman Catholicism, which claims to be His church, is the richest of the rich, the… — Avro Manhattan Copy Share Image
There are but three ways for the populace to escape its wretched lot. The first two are by the routes of the… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
I always was kind of on the edge of the church when I was fully in it , cos I was always… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
“Liturgy puts us to work along with all the others who have been and are being put to work in the world… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
At least to look back over their own lives, as I have looked back over mine, for certain themes and patterns and… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
My mother raised me in the church. I was not allowed to stay home on Sunday; there was no option. I sang… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
In a way that somebody else converts to Judaism or becomes a Hare Krishna, I belong to the church of fried chicken. — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
“The top 10% of the people who are most creative, constructive and thoughtful, do not have much to do with churches. To… — Joseph Fletcher Copy Share Image
Though the world may often appear to be more charitable than the church, it is crucial to remember that, for the church,… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Wicked sons do not have the Holy Ghost in the same way as do beloved sons, and yet they do have Baptism.… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese. That, in erotic terms, is the Catholic church,… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Churches have given us great treasures such as music and architecture. Whether that pays for the harm they have done is another… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
The reason we have to regulate . . . church schools is that . . . children that are not trained in state-controlled schools will not fit in. — Peter Hoagland Copy Share Image
The poets began drifting away from churches as the jurists grew louder and more insistent. — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
Weak leaders of churches blame people and circumstances. Breakout church leaders accept responsibility and see God's possibilities in even difficult situations. — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
“Repentance seemed like too loose of a word. I knew I’d been wrong, but that didn’t soften the blow.” — Anna Aquino Copy Share Image
Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
If I had a religious experience, what I know for sure is that I would stop doing philosophy and would start doing… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
