Quotes from 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
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 world the same way they do.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
God does some of God's best work with people who are seriously lost.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
When I talk about losing myself, which I did, it's losing my idea of who I was and my idea of what I was supposed to be doing and the idea of what my value was to God. I lost all of that at least.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
We're children of God through our blood kinship with Christ. We're also sons and daughters of Adam and Eve, with a hereditary craving for forbidden fruit salad.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
I can't help but note that God is being useful to a lot of people trying to do harm to one another.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
To get God on your side is a great way to feel powerful.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
I think a toxic message in a lot of Christianity has been that the self has to be annihilated in order for God to be found. I think that has been a toxic message.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
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.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
I think my idea of God was much more directive than my idea of God now, that is, a God who had one plan in mind for me, perhaps, and my job was to find out what it was and obey.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
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.
- 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.
- Barbara Brown Taylor