I discovered a version of the sinner's prayer that increased my faith far more than the one that I had said years earlier...In this version, there were no formulas, no set phrases that promised us safe passage across the abyss. There was only our tattered trust that the Spirit who had given us life would not leave us in the wilderness without offering us life again.
Barbara Brown TaylorI'm a follower of the Christ path, and that opens a huge discussion about what we even mean by words like "Christian."
Barbara Brown TaylorI love being alone. I learned that from my father, I think, who loved his own company.
Barbara Brown TaylorI decided I got to say whether I was Christian or not, and so I've relaxed enormously since then. I'm the one who gets to say that, and not someone else.
Barbara Brown Taylor