Barbara Brown Taylor

The poets began drifting away from churches as the jurists grew louder and more insistent.

— Barbara Brown Taylor

I decided I got to say whether I was Christian or not, and so I've relaxed enormously since then. I'm the one…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

Having been brought up with a definition of faith as adherence to a set of beliefs, I have more and more begun…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

I don't miss the ministry, because I'm completely engaged in it. In terms of parish ministry, I miss the intimacy with a…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

With all the conceptual truths in the universe at His disposal [Jesus] did not give them something to think about together when…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

There comes a time when it is vitally important for your spiritual health to drop your clothes, look in the mirror, and…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

“I cannot say for sure when my reliable ideas about God began to slip away, but the big chest I used to…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

I love being alone. I learned that from my father, I think, who loved his own company.

— Barbara Brown Taylor

There was no time anymore to be quiet or still or pray. So, in many ways, that's what led to my downward…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

The beauty in the losing is a loss finally of self-consciousness. There's a gorgeous moment that can happen in all kinds of…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

“The world for which you have been so carefully prepared is being taken away from you,' he said, 'by the grace of…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

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

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

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

I'm a follower of the Christ path, and that opens a huge discussion about what we even mean by words like "Christian."

— Barbara Brown Taylor

In a world where faith is often construed as a way of thinking, bodily practices remind the willing that faith is a…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

“...new life starts in the dark. Whether it is a seed in the ground, a baby in the womb, or Jesus in…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

“They sounded different from the mouth of a young mother than they did from the mouth of a widow. This was because…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

Day by day we are given not what we want but what we need. Sometimes it is a feast and sometimes...swept crumbs,…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

“For reasons that will never be entirely clear, God has a soft spot for religious strangers, both as agents of divine blessing…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

You can create an intimate community of about 20 or 25 people, and beyond that you're into a different kind of relationship.

— Barbara Brown Taylor