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 Faith Copy Share Image
Prayer is happening, and it is not necessarily something that I am doing. God is happening, and I am lucky enough to… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
That's enough, and I have a ministry as a neighbor as well. A ministry as a friend and a ministry as an… — 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 Ego Copy Share Image
With so much effort being poured into church growth, so much press being given to the benefits of faith, and so much… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
I think my idea of God was much more directive than my idea of God now, that is, a God who had… — Barbara Brown Taylor Ideas Copy Share Image
You only need to lose track of who you are, or who you thought you were supposed to be, so that you… — 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
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
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
Most of us spend so much time thinking about where we have been or where we are supposed to be going that… — Barbara Brown Taylor 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
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
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 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
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
