Most of us like thinking we are God's only children...At least one of the purposes of church is to remind us that God has other children, easily as precious as we. Baptism and narcissism cancel each other out.
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… - 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…
- Barbara Brown Taylor
As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God. - Barbara Brown Taylor
As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.
If churches saw their mission in the same way, there is no telling what might happen. What if people were invited to come tell what they already know… - Barbara Brown Taylor
If churches saw their mission in the same way, there is no telling what might happen. What if people were invited to come tell what they already know…
I have learned things in the dark that I could never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is … - Barbara Brown Taylor
I have learned things in the dark that I could never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is …
Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars. - Barbara Brown Taylor
Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.
The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the w… - Barbara Brown Taylor
The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the w…
That's enough, and I have a ministry as a neighbor as well. A ministry as a friend and a ministry as an aunt and a godmother, and family is very much… - Barbara Brown Taylor
That's enough, and I have a ministry as a neighbor as well. A ministry as a friend and a ministry as an aunt and a godmother, and family is very much…
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 an… - Barbara Brown Taylor
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 an…
Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse. - Barbara Brown Taylor
Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.
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