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Quote by 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 in the circle of my vocation.”

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Barbara Brown Taylor

Barbara Brown Taylor, born on September 21, 1951, is an American priest with a profound understanding of theology. She has served as a pastor in several churches and is known for her unique preaching style and insightful views on religious life. more

“You probably can't get much closer to God than serving a congregation 24/7. At the same time, there's a different kind of closeness in this present life I have in which I have much more freedom to come and go and to engage some of the silence and stillness and solitude that I was missing before.”

Kind Different Silence Missing Solitude Serving Stillness Different Kinds Comes And Goes Closeness Congregation Present Life

Author:Barbara Brown Taylor

“The tradition piece is so embedded in me I don't know that I can see it any more, but the community piece is one I've been in danger of losing.”

Knows I Can Community Pieces Danger Losing Tradition Embedded

Author:Barbara Brown Taylor

“Church can be extremely boring. It can be very meaningful, it can be character forming, but can be have very little fizz in it.”

Littles Character Church Boring Meaningful Very Mean Very Meaningful

Author:Barbara Brown Taylor

“To be in the mainline is to have a history and not simply to be an amalgam, a community church of who knows what that came from who knows where.”

Knows Community Church

Author:Barbara Brown Taylor