Quote by Charles Benedict

“Maybe I was a closet Catholic who, once taking the vows, can never lay them aside.”

— Mark Wildyr

“Everything good that has happened to me, including my marriage, I can trace back to my activity in the church.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“This isn’t a church social, Sweetheart. You aren’t going to be able to save me this time.”

— Katherine Allred

“As if you could terminate love abruptly because the one you loved signed papers with someone else in a church.”

— Ali Shaw

“Just say it: I'm angry and no one will like me. God: No, I will not say that. But don't you think we ached…

— Susan E. Isaacs

“He could hardly believe that after the dozens of weddings he'd performed in this church, the bride was finally walking down the aisle to…

— Gabrielle Meyer

“I spent years being angry with God because He never gave me the husband I wanted. All those years gone, wasted! I should have…

— Jill Stengl

“I played my role as the good Christian girl and spared everyone the drama of an argument. But that decision to remain silent split…

— Rachel Held Evans

“I wondered if I was an error of God's planning that would be fixed at the end of my life.”

— Ann Brashares

“What about just spending time with us? What about just encouraging us and loving us? What about just being on time for church once…

— Nora Ballew

“...I question whether many American churchgoers are really in love with God because they are so hesitant to do anything for Him.”

— Francis Chan

“I stepped into the long aisle and held my head high. It was total perfection, and all according to a plan I'd labored to…

— Jennifer McGowan