“For a long time I listened to other people to decide whether I was still Christian or not, and I would sort of vet myself by the traditional formulae.” PeopleLongStillsChristianLong TimeTraditionalVets Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“I 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.” ChristianDecidedRelaxed Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“I'm a follower of the Christ path, and that opens a huge discussion about what we even mean by words like "Christian."” MeanChristianChristPathHugeDiscussionFollowers Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“The value for me being in a mainline tradition is history and memory, which is not just Christian tradition but denominational tradition, and characters, you know, with real distinct flavors of ways to be Christian.” KnowsWayRealCharacterChristianValuesMemoriesTraditionFlavorHistory And Memory Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“To be fully human is perhaps why I'm Christian, because I see in the life of Jesus a way of being fully human.” WayHumansChristianJesus Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
“Contrary to popular opinion, Christians are not nice polite people who never get angry with one another. Those are not the virtues of God's people. Our virtues are truth-telling, kindness, forgiveness and yes, even anger-as long as it is the anger that is part of true love-through which we move closer to one another and to the God who has shown us how it is done.” PeopleLongDoneChristianMovingOpinionKindnessVirtueNiceAngryContraryTelling The TruthPolitePopular Opinion Author: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.” InspirationalEarthChristianOpportunityReligiousChanceWalksWonderPossibilityDivineProfessorsThickTheologianAltarsOpportunity Knocks Author:Barbara Brown Taylor
