Barbara Brown Taylor
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Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
— published 2006 — 5 editions |
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An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
— published 2010 — 9 editions |
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Preaching Life
— published 1993 — 2 editions |
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When God Is Silent
— published 1998 |
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Speaking of Sin
— published 2000 |
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Home by Another Way
— published 1997 — 3 editions |
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Bread of Angels
— published 1997 |
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Luminous Web: Essays on Science and Religion
— published 2000 |
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Gospel Medicine
— published 1995 |
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The Seeds of Heaven: Sermons on the Gospel of Matthew
— 2 editions |
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“Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds and when it fails.”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
“People encounter God under shady oak trees, on riverbanks, at the tops of mountains, and in long stretches of barren wilderness. God shows up in whirlwinds, starry skies, burning bushes, and perfect strangers. When people want to know more about God, the son of God tells them to pay attention to the lilies of the field and the birds of the air, to women kneading bread and workers lining up for their pay. Whoever wrote this stuff believed that people could learn as much about the ways of God from paying attention to the world as they could from paying attention to scripture. What is true is what happens, even if what happens is not always right. People can learn as much about the ways of God from business deals gone bad or sparrows falling to the ground as they can from reciting the books of the Bible in order. They can learn as much from a love affair or a wildflower as they can from knowing the Ten Commandments by heart.”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
“To make bread or love, to dig in the earth, to feed an animal or cook for a stranger—these activities require no extensive commentary, no lucid theology. All they require is someone willing to bend, reach, chop, stir. Most of these tasks are so full of pleasure that there is no need to complicate things by calling them holy. And yet these are the same activities that change lives, sometimes all at once and sometimes more slowly, the way dripping water changes stone. In a world where faith is often construed as a way of thinking, bodily practices remind the willing that faith is a way of life.”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
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