There was no time anymore to be quiet or still or pray. So, in many ways, that's what led to my downward spin.
Barbara Brown TaylorYou can create an intimate community of about 20 or 25 people, and beyond that you're into a different kind of relationship.
Barbara Brown TaylorWhat 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.
Barbara Brown Taylor