- Nov 07, 2020
Church Quotes
On the pews people grew up in.
Several of these quotes recall specific childhood routines, like learning the rosary or attending Sunday school regularly, memories tied to the broader faith collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I think is that we in the church - and especially I as an Archbishop - I'm responsible for maintaining our rules, and making sure we hold to unity in the Body of Christ.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe with all my heart that the Church of Jesus Christ should be a Church of blurred edges.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
My experiences growing up in both a Chinese American household and the Catholic Church define much of who I am.
- Episcopal
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful bishops and they're going to be nominated and they're going to be elected.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church.
- Radio
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, I won a radio at a church raffle.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the ten years I lived in the U.K., I frequently attended an Anglican church just outside of London. I enjoyed the energetic singing and the thoughtful homilies. And yet, I found it easy to be a pew warmer, a consumer, a back row critic.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is the idea that good Christians don't talk about sex, at least not out loud, and certainly not in the church. I want to say that both of those ideas are fallacious.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were only two things I knew in a Christian framework that I could do. One would be the pastor of a church, the other would be a missionary. I didn't particularly like snakes, so I decided I should probably be a pastor.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only because families are disintegrating but also because the church doesn't play the same role that it once did in many Americans' lives.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's only fitting that a Jewish comic makes his Just for Laughs anglo debut in a church, right?
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020