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The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?
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Interestingly enough, and perhaps contrary to popular opinion, “Historians of American religion have long noted that the colonies did not exude universal piety. There was general agreement that in the colonial period no more than 10–20
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“Ilse, a childhood friend of mine, once found a raspberry in the concentration camp and carried it in her pocket all day to present to me that night on a leaf. Imagine a world in which your entire possession is one raspberry and you give it to your friend.”
― All But My Life
― All But My Life
“The effort to separate ourselves whether by race, creed, color, religion, or status is as costly to the separator as to those who would be separated.”
― Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
― Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
“The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.”
― Eternal Life: A New Vision: Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell
― Eternal Life: A New Vision: Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell
“Words were different when they lived inside of you.”
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
― Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
― Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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