“There is a light that shines in the darkness, which is only visible there.” — Barbara Brown Taylor Darkness Copy Share Image
“but I know that I have an easier time loving humankind than I do loving particular human beings.” — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a priest. I wanted to do the work that priests do, and that required becoming a priest. — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
“about that too, ma’am,” he said, writing up her citation, “but what made” — Barbara Brown Taylor Citation Copy Share Image
“According to the Talmud, every blade of grass has its own angel bending over it, whispering, “Grow, grow.” — Barbara Brown Taylor Talmud Copy Share Image
Kindness is not a bad religion, no matter what name you use for God. — Barbara Brown Taylor Kindness 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… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
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 Christ 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… — Barbara Brown Taylor God 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… — 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… — Barbara Brown Taylor Adherence Copy Share Image
“as she went. Her head bent so far underneath her that I feared her neck would break. Finally the Jeep stopped at… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I have learned things in the dark that I could never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life… — Barbara Brown Taylor Conclusion Copy Share Image
Church can be extremely boring. It can be very meaningful, it can be character forming, but can be have very little fizz… — 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
To be in the mainline is to have a history and not simply to be an amalgam, a community church of who… — Barbara Brown Taylor Church Copy Share Image
The church grew, and I gained a reputation for preaching, and people came, and it was a wonderful community. But we had… — 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 Bible Copy Share Image
I'm in a mainline church, I'm very aware, especially as I move through community churches and new-start churches that are making real… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
Because I'm a "strong person," the symptoms hit me by surprise. It was, as I write in the book, stinging in my… — Barbara Brown Taylor Allergies Copy Share Image
The effort to untangle the human words from the divine seems not only futile to me but also unnecessary, since God works… — Barbara Brown Taylor Divine Copy Share Image
You probably can't get much closer to God than serving a congregation 24/7. At the same time, there's a different kind of… — Barbara Brown Taylor Closeness 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 Change Copy Share Image
“...I had arrived at an understanding of faith that had far more to do with trust than with certainty. I trusted God… — Barbara Brown Taylor Faith Copy Share Image
“What I noticed at Grace-Calvary is the same thing I notice whenever people aim to solve their conflicts with one another by… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
No one longs for what he or she already has, and yet the accumulated insight of those wise about the spiritual life… — Barbara Brown Taylor Adventure Copy Share Image
“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 Divine grace Copy Share Image
“I produced a fulsome sermon. When the appointed Sunday arrived, I used all of my best grooming skills. I picked the cat… — Barbara Brown Taylor Catholic Copy Share Image
“I am not in charge of this House, and never will be. I have no say about who is in and who… — Barbara Brown Taylor Sigh of relief Copy Share Image
“...I had spent hours talking with people who had trouble believing. For some, the issue was that they believed less than they… — Barbara Brown Taylor Beyond belief 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 Bible Copy Share Image
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 Aggravation Copy Share Image
When I say I trust Jesus, that is what I mean: I trust that the way of life leads through perishability, not… — Barbara Brown Taylor Jesus Copy Share Image
I can't help but note that God is being useful to a lot of people trying to do harm to one another. — Barbara Brown Taylor God Copy Share Image
Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse. — Barbara Brown Taylor Chance Copy Share Image
The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear. — Barbara Brown Taylor Anxiety Copy Share Image
It's difficult for me to ignore how many conflicts locally and worldwide have religion tagged to them. — Barbara Brown Taylor Conflict 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… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
“...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 Dark Copy Share Image
The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed. — Barbara Brown Taylor Great wisdom Copy Share Image
