Christian church Quote by Sarah Arthur

“Mark DeVries observed that the church had become the place where teenagers “are most segregated from the world of adults.”2 Churches had unwittingly cultivated…

— Duffy Robbins

Teenagers who do not go to church are adored by God, but they don't get to meet some of the people who love God…

— Anne Lamott

“Legitimate peripheral participation means that adolescents make real contributions to our shared life in God, even while they are still figuring out how to…

— Kenda Creasy Dean

“experienced a bout of atheism. With adolescent self-importance, I wondered why God would allow all this to happen to a fourteen-year-old girl. When”

— Padma Lakshmi

“Kenda Creasy Dean observed, “The National Study of Youth and Religion reveals a theological fault line running underneath American churches: an adherence to a…

— Alvin L Reid

“Christian, I’ve long held the belief that you never really had an adolescence—emotionally speaking.”

— E.L. James

“Speaking figuratively, the study of theology often produces overgrown youths whose internal organs have not correspondingly developed. This is a characteristic of adolescence. There…

— Helmut Thielicke

Those whom the gods love grow young.

— Oscar Wilde

“Over the years I've found it much more helpful to follow the advice of Sister Liebert and seek to treat each young person as…

— Mark Yaconelli

“Now wonder our youth is confused and in pain; they long for God, for the transcendent, and they are offered, far too often, either…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Something has gone terribly wrong when young Christians believe that their main purpose in life is to find marital love. This dangerous belief robs…

— Debra Fileta