So if waiting is an aggravation, it is at least partly because we do not like being reminded of our limits. We… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
It can be difficult to be an introvert in church, especially if you happen to be the pastor. Liking to be alone… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I thought being faithful was about becoming someone other than who I was...it wasn't until I failed that I began to wonder… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I am always surprised by people who speak of faith as if it happens in the air somewhere. Our bodies are God's… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I'll do my best to always put God and neighbor ahead of ego, but I want to find myself, and if finding… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
The boundaries became constrictive in what I was doing, and if my faith grew, it was because I pressed some of the… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
The abundance of our lives is not determined by how long we live, but how well we live. Christ makes abundant life… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the neighbor as the self - to encounter another human being not… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I know that the Bible is a special kind of book, but I find it as seductive as any other. If I… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
If God is about putting God ahead of myself then I've just quit being religious, because that's what got me into such… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
The poets began drifting away from churches as the jurists grew louder and more insistent. — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I decided I got to say whether I was Christian or not, and so I've relaxed enormously since then. I'm the one who gets… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
Having been brought up with a definition of faith as adherence to a set of beliefs, I have more and more begun to turn… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I don't miss the ministry, because I'm completely engaged in it. In terms of parish ministry, I miss the intimacy with a group of… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
With all the conceptual truths in the universe at His disposal [Jesus] did not give them something to think about together when He was… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
There comes a time when it is vitally important for your spiritual health to drop your clothes, look in the mirror, and say, ‘Here… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
“I cannot say for sure when my reliable ideas about God began to slip away, but the big chest I used to keep them… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I love being alone. I learned that from my father, I think, who loved his own company. — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
There was no time anymore to be quiet or still or pray. So, in many ways, that's what led to my downward spin. — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
The beauty in the losing is a loss finally of self-consciousness. There's a gorgeous moment that can happen in all kinds of places. It… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
“The world for which you have been so carefully prepared is being taken away from you,' he said, 'by the grace of God.' (Walter… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
