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 TaylorI didn't want to be a priest. I wanted to do the work that priests do, and that required becoming a priest.
Barbara Brown TaylorI began to get notes from people saying they were sorry to hear I'd left ministry. And for a while, I halfway believed they were right, that I'd left.
Barbara Brown TaylorThere comes a time when it is vitally important for your spiritual health to drop your clothes, look in the mirror, and say, โHere I am. This is the body-like-no-other that my life has shaped. I live here. This is my soulโs address
Barbara Brown TaylorMost of us will have more than one job in our working lives, which means we will have more than one opportunity to seek meaningful work at different stages of our own deepening humanity.
Barbara Brown TaylorWhen I forget the power of the word, I read Frederick Buechner. When I forget the deep relief of telling the truth, I read Frederick Buechner. When I forget to look for the holiness all around me, I read Frederick Buechner. When I forget why the gospel matters, I read Frederick Buechner.
Barbara Brown Taylor