“This may be the real reason many of us fear silence in church—because anyone sitting near us may hear the hissing, rumbling, wheezing sounds of a living human being, which do not match up with the attractive countenances that we work so hard to present to one another.” BodyChurchSilenceImage Book:Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith Source: Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
“I am always surprised by people who speak of faith as if it happens in the air somewhere. Our bodies are God's best way of getting to us. Revelation begins in the flesh.” PeopleIfsWayBodyHappensSpeakAirFleshBest WayRevelations Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“With all the conceptual truths in the universe at His disposal [Jesus] did not give them something to think about together when He was gone. Instead, He gave them concrete things to do - specific ways of being together in their bodies - that would go on teaching them what they needed to know when He was no longer around to teach them Himself ... "Do this" He said - not believe this but do this - "in remembrance of me.” ThinkingKnowsWayGivingBelieveSaidBodyTogetherUniverseJesusTeachGoneTeachingGoes OnNeededThings To DoConcreteRemembranceBeing Together Author: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. 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.” WorldWayGivingHumansI CanRealSoulBodyEarthSpiritualFoundAttentionDependsBecomingActivityOrdinarySacredConvictionTreasureReal LifeSavingHuman LifeDistinctionReal WorldSecularEngagingExquisiteBecoming MorePhysical Activity Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“There comes a time when it is vitally important for your spiritual health to drop your clothes, look in the mirror, and say, ‘Here I am. This is the body-like-no-other that my life has shaped. I live here. This is my soul’s address” LooksImportantSoulBodySpiritualClothesMirrorsMy SoulAddressesHere I AmThere Comes A TimeSpiritual Health Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
