OUT LOUD

“The fact is that megachurches aren’t -- and never have been -- solely grandiose political pens in which only Republican elephants lumber about.”
Scott Thumma
The co-author of Beyond Megachurch Myths was writing in a commentary in USA Today following the political forum at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., with Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama. (RNS)

“When I first started in sales, I would drive around the block for three hours trying to figure out how I was going to make a sales call. But once I did it a few times I said, ‘This is easy!’ And sharing Christ is the same way.”
Bill Mullen
The member of Riverside Baptist Church in Denver, Colo., was part of an evangelistic team that distributed pamphlets to delegates attending the Democratic National Convention. (BP)

“[God] owns everything; he owns the gas. All we to do is ask, and we shall receive.”
Rocky Twyman
The Seventh-day Adventist pastor in Rockville, Md., was explaining why he holds vigils to pray for lower fuel prices. (RNS)