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The Practice of Saying No

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Barbara Brown Taylor

The Practice of Saying No
 

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Barbara Brown Taylor

Barbara Brown Taylor is one of America’s most renowned preachers. She was named one of the 12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking world in 1996 by Baylor University. She has been interviewed on CNN Live Today and Fresh Air and was featured in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Detroit Free Press, and Miami Herald. Taylor teaches at Piedmont College and is adjunct professor of Christian spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary. She lives in Habersham County, GA with her husband, Ed.



 

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"An Altar in the World is a delight to the eyes, mind and heart, a book I will certainly return to again at a later time, if only to remind myself of the spirituality of everyday living."


- America Magazine
"Taylor serves up beefy soul food.. . . Though she did not write the book to speak to the economic crash, those suffering from lost jobs, homes and status will find plenty to feed thought and faith."


- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Leaving Church settled it for me that Taylor, as thinker and stylist, ranks with the best. The new book confirms that. . . . This book is not a page-turner. It's a page-lingerer. I wore out a highlighter marking passages I want to read again."


- Dallas Morning News
"Without denigrating altars in churches, Brown helps us discover and honor all the 'altars in the world'--the red Xs that mark the spot, but that we cannot see because we are standing on them. She does so with a depth that readers will appreciate and savor."


- -U.S. Catholic
".[H]er honest elegance... express[es] truths that throw open windows in our everyday lives-allowing fresh perspectives on life. You'll finish her book with dozens of pages folded over or marked in some other fashion so you can find and re-read favorite lines again."


- Read the Spirit
"Taylor's book is a marvelous series of reflections on different practices of the engaged spiritual life..Each [chapter] is tightly and elegantly crafted, a real treat for eye, mind, and heart. Taylor's prose is gorgeous, ardent, and filled with light, spilling out on the page like so much spiritual honey.

.Taylor's not shy in using the practices of others to explore ways in which we can expand our own awareness and joy at the gift of life. In what often seems to be an increasingly xenophobic and narrowly black-and-white culture, An Altar in the World is a stirring invitation to embrace religious diversity, and to truly open our hearts to, and be transformed by, the experience and traditions of others.

...At heart, An Altar in the World is an extended discourse on building, maintaining, and strengthening our sacred relationships with ourselves and all of existence, both the seen and the unseen variety. As such, it triumphs, calling us forth to embrace our better selves. Could anyone ask for more?"


- Powell's Book Blog
"Barbara Brown Taylor is a favorite among church members who struggle to connect the sacred and secular, the heavenly and the earthly. These readers appreciate the candor with which she writes about it."


- Raleigh News and Observer
"Rev. Phyllis Kort, parish associate at First Presbyterian, said that Taylor has a lively and active mind that opens people up to thinking new ways about old things. 'She renews and invigorates the old. Her whole spirit is thrilling.' Rev. Joe Harvard, pastor of First Presbyterian, said that Taylor helps them articulate how to think about their faith in the world. 'She's one of the most profound and inspiring people in the Christian community today,' he said."


- Durham Herald-Sun
"Throughout the book, Taylor's strength is in her word choice. The attentive reader will have a hard time not appreciating her fresh vocabulary and insightful metaphors. Overall. if one can read Taylor's insights reflectively, with an eye toward Scripture, Altar will serve as a refreshing reminder that the physical world is designed to help us experience the spiritual one."


- ChristianityToday.com
"Barbara Brown Taylor penetrates the religious clutter. She comforts. She revives our spirits. With lovely words she finds 'alters in our world.'"


- The Congregationalist
"While I don't like long books, this one could have been 500 pages longer with no complaints from me."


- Christian Science Monitor