“Our faith intersects society at many points, including the political process. I am driven not by partisanship but by theology.”
Richard Bridges
Kentucky minister, in an essay about the implications of bills, approved by the state senate, on immigration, education and abortion
“I liked the parts where some character was once this, but he ended up being that. Like he’d be dissing Jesus, and then he ends up being a saint. That was cool.”
Lil Wayne
Rapper, describing how he read the Bible during his recently completed prison sentence (Rolling Stone/RNS)
“People just don’t have the same respect for churches that they used to.”
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Ella Redfield
Pastor of New Creation Church in Silver Spring, Md., after an intruder broke into the church and stole 40,000 pennies donated by children and parishioners to help poor children (Washington Post/RNS)
“It’s very Baptist. If you’re going to give up sin, you got to sin.”
Dawn Rizos
Chief executive of the Lodge, a Dallas strip club, on why such businesses are flourishing in the North Texas city, despite the bad economy (New York Times)
“I probably had about four beers and five wines. I don’t know, but I (was) kinda listening to Billy through the haze of alcohol.”
George W. Bush
Former U.S. president, speaking about a visit by evangelist Billy Graham to his father’s Maine home the day before he went on a walk with Graham that eventually led him to quit drinking and embrace Christianity (Focus on the Family/CNN.com/RNS)
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