"What is saving my life now is the……" — Barbara Brown Taylor
"What is saving my life now is the conviction that there is no spiritual treasure to be found apart from the bodily experiences of human life on earth. My life depends on engaging the most ordinary physical activities with the most exquisite attention I can give them. My life depends on ignoring all touted distinctions between the secular and the sacred, the physical and the spiritual, the body and the soul. What is saving my life now is becoming more fully human, trusting that there is no way to God apart from real life in the real world."
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Barbara Brown Taylor
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35 Quotes by Barbara Brown Taylor
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If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.
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