I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets.

Even though we were all celebrities to a certain extent, we all looked at each other as family.

I've explored the worship side, the pop side, and the film scoring side of me.

I sure love Ireland. The first trip I ever made was last year when I did this record in Dublin.

I've been there and done all that, sold millions of records, and that doesn't bring you peace.

I, on the other hand, have a bit of a southern accent.

Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet.

I think The Big Picture was such a huge shift from my second record.

I believe people are afraid to be still because we're used to being stimulated.

In terms of worship, I think we ought to have the right people leading.

I think there's a passion for God like never before.

I've said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many times, but it's been a while since I've read through a whole book.

God deserves the best from us.

Transformation in the world happens when people are healed and start investing in other people.

It's really interesting to go back to '93 or '94 and listen to that music, like the I'll Lead You Home record.

I think worship is a lifestyle, first of all.

Healing rain is a real touch from God. It could be physical healing or emotional or whatever.

Not everyone can lead worship.

I sang at the Inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral.

I think it all comes down to relationships - how I treat my wife, how I treat my kids, how I treat the guys at the grocery store, all aspects of every day, what I'm involved in.

There are a lot of bad worship songs, in my opinion, but there are a lot of good ones, too.

This fall I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm starring in a film, an independent film.

I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets.

Love wasn't put in your heart to stay. Love isn't love until you give it away.

We've probably never met, but I wish we had.

We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date.

Just look at the Old Testament. They didn't go out with the army first. They sent the musicians out.

I think one of my greatest gifts is leading worship.

For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes.

Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record.

I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship.

Things change when you give your life to serving God, and that can be scary.

But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.

Really, I could care less if there's a Second Decade record.

I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldnt have anyone sleeping on the streets.

Friends are friends forever. If the Lords the Lord of them a friend will not say never cause the welcome will not end. Although its hard to let you go in the Fathers hands we know a lifetimes not too long to live as friends.

If it came to saving the life of one priest or sacrificing the life of an entire congregation, the church would save the life of the priest. Which is backwards, of course.

I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot.

You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice?

Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'.

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.

So, not only am I panicking over the weekend if I need to know my lines, but also if can I get the kids to the zoo. Can I even go to church? I was asking for certain things that would allow me to plan my life a little better.

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

My father started me singing in church.

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.

A lot of victims, for example, have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It seems to me that the church's healing ministry is going to be enhanced through this in much broader strokes. That's good, it's all positive.

The intelligence investigation under the leadership of Senator Church, which I know has helped cause this investigation by you, points out that the agencies did not disclose certain facts to us and that certain plots were going on.

Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines.

Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their heads, were like the little images that they place in the very bowing of the vaults of churches, that look as if they held up the church, but are but puppets.