I read more widely. I made friends more widely. I wore more red. I stayed home on Sundays. I did things that were never in the realm of possible things to do before. That was a real desert experience for me.
BARBARA BROWN TAYLORI love being alone. I learned that from my father, I think, who loved his own company.
More Barbara Brown Taylor Quotes
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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 and when it fails.
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Kindness is not a bad religion, no matter what name you use for God.
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God does some of God’s best work with people who are seriously lost.
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When I forget the power of the word, I read Frederick Buechner. When I forget the deep relief of telling the truth, I read Frederick Buechner. When I forget to look for the holiness all around me, I read Frederick Buechner. When I forget why the gospel matters, I read Frederick Buechner.
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The great wisdom traditions of the world all recognize that the main impediment to living a life of meaning is being self-absorbed.
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If God is about putting God ahead of myself then I’ve just quit being religious, because that’s what got me into such deep trouble.
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Every human interaction offers you the chance to make things better or to make things worse.
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To get God on your side is a great way to feel powerful.
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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.
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Science is not metaphorical. Science is scientific.
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Most of us will have more than one job in our working lives, which means we will have more than one opportunity to seek meaningful work at different stages of our own deepening humanity.
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It does seem to me that at least some of us have made an idol of exhaustion. The only time we know we have done enough is when we are running on empty and when the ones we love most are the ones we see the least.
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Church can be extremely boring. It can be very meaningful, it can be character forming, but can be have very little fizz in it.
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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.
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I don’t have time for a job that doesn’t leave me time to be quiet or still or to pray.
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