Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
Autor Barbara Brown Tayloren Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2012
“This is an astonishing book. . . . Taylor is a better writer than LaMott and a better theologian than Norris. In a word, she is the best there is.” —Living Church
Barbara Brown Taylor, once hailed as one of America’s most effective and beloved preachers, eloquently tells the moving and delightful story of her search to find an authentic way of being Christian—even when it meant giving up her pulpit.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780060872632
ISBN-10: 0060872632
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperOne
ISBN-10: 0060872632
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperOne
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By now I expected to be a seasoned parish minister, wearing black clergy shirts grown gray from frequent washing. I expected to love the children who hung on my legs after Sunday morning services until they grew up and had children of their own. I even expected to be buried wearing the same red vestments in which I was ordained.
Today those vestments are hanging in the sacristy of an Anglican church in Kenya, my church pension is frozen, and I am as likely to spend Sunday mornings with friendly Quakers, Presbyterians, or Congregationalists as I am with the Episcopalians who remain my closest kin. Some-times I even keep the Sabbath with a cup of steaming Assam tea on my front porch, watching towhees vie for the highest perch in the poplar tree while God watches me. These days I earn my living teaching school, not leading worship, and while I still dream of opening a small restaurant in Clarkesville or volunteering at an eye clinic in Nepal, there is no guarantee that I will not run off with the circus before I am through. This is not the life I planned, or the life I recommend to others. But it is the life that has turned out to be mine, and the central revelation in it for me -- that the call to serve God is first and last the call to be fully human -- seems important enough to witness to on paper. This book is my attempt to do that.
After nine years serving on the staff of a big urban church in Atlanta, Barbara Brown Taylor arrives in rural Clarkesville, Georgia (population 1,500), following her dream to become the pastor of her own small congregation. The adjustment from city life to country dweller is something of a shock -- Taylor is one of the only professional women in the community -- but small-town life offers many of its own unique joys. Taylor has five successful years that see significant growth in the church she serves, but ultimately she finds herself experiencing "compassion fatigue" and wonders what exactly God has called her to do. She realizes that in order to keep her faith she may have to leave.
Taylor describes a rich spiritual journey in which God has given her more questions than answers. As she becomes part of the flock instead of the shepherd, she describes her poignant and sincere struggle to regain her footing in the world without her defining collar. Taylor's realization that this may in fact be God's surprising path for her leads her to a refreshing search to find Him in new places. Leaving Church will remind even the most skeptical among us that life is about both disappointment and hope -- and ultimately, renewal.
Today those vestments are hanging in the sacristy of an Anglican church in Kenya, my church pension is frozen, and I am as likely to spend Sunday mornings with friendly Quakers, Presbyterians, or Congregationalists as I am with the Episcopalians who remain my closest kin. Some-times I even keep the Sabbath with a cup of steaming Assam tea on my front porch, watching towhees vie for the highest perch in the poplar tree while God watches me. These days I earn my living teaching school, not leading worship, and while I still dream of opening a small restaurant in Clarkesville or volunteering at an eye clinic in Nepal, there is no guarantee that I will not run off with the circus before I am through. This is not the life I planned, or the life I recommend to others. But it is the life that has turned out to be mine, and the central revelation in it for me -- that the call to serve God is first and last the call to be fully human -- seems important enough to witness to on paper. This book is my attempt to do that.
After nine years serving on the staff of a big urban church in Atlanta, Barbara Brown Taylor arrives in rural Clarkesville, Georgia (population 1,500), following her dream to become the pastor of her own small congregation. The adjustment from city life to country dweller is something of a shock -- Taylor is one of the only professional women in the community -- but small-town life offers many of its own unique joys. Taylor has five successful years that see significant growth in the church she serves, but ultimately she finds herself experiencing "compassion fatigue" and wonders what exactly God has called her to do. She realizes that in order to keep her faith she may have to leave.
Taylor describes a rich spiritual journey in which God has given her more questions than answers. As she becomes part of the flock instead of the shepherd, she describes her poignant and sincere struggle to regain her footing in the world without her defining collar. Taylor's realization that this may in fact be God's surprising path for her leads her to a refreshing search to find Him in new places. Leaving Church will remind even the most skeptical among us that life is about both disappointment and hope -- and ultimately, renewal.
Recenzii
“I cannot overstate how liberating and transforming I have found Leaving Church to be.” — Frederick Buechner, author of Beyond Words
“This memoir [...] is full of surprises[...] In her renewal is our own.” — Peter J. Gomes, Harvard University
“Taylor describes doubt, faith and vocation, their limits, and how the church both blesses and muddies the waters.” — Nora Gallagher, author of Practicing Resurrection
“A fiercely honest and gracious book about our primary vocation to be human.” — Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and author of Reimagining Christianity
“Leaving Church is a canticle of praise to creator and creation.” — Thomas Lynch, author of The Undertaking and Booking Passage
“A finely crafted memoir . . . a rich evocation of her lifelong love affair with God.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Told with insight, humor and compassion.” — The Columbus Post Dispatch
“A beautifully crafted memoir . . . . There is a refreshing honesty . . . a slice of courage in a world that too often refuses to admit its vulnerability. . . . Leaving Church does not bash the church. It is a love story about letting go and learning to live with the mystery of what may happen next.” — San Diego Tribune
“...Taylor at her best, writing about congregational moments with such artistic grace and wit that we see them afresh” — Christian Century
“Even without the collar, Barbara Brown Taylor is one of our most important spiritual writers today.” — ExploreFaith
“I love this book . . . . Her beautiful, absorbing memoir will bless countless readers...” — Lauren Winner, The Dallas Morning News
“Such is the power of Brown Taylor’s prose...and her humanity that this story becomes one of hope.” — Columbus Dispatch
“An Episcopal priest renowned for her eloquent sermons turns her talents to memoir...” — Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Lovely . . . revealing . . . poignant. . . . I found in Taylor’s narrative a companionable voice...” — Garret Keizer in Books & Culture
“A wonderfully gifted Christian writer and speaker.” — Kansas City Star
“This new memoir is among the summer’s best books...” — Detroit Free Press
“Taylor is a better writer than LaMott and a better theologian than Norris. ...she is the best there is.” — Living Church
“This memoir [...] is full of surprises[...] In her renewal is our own.” — Peter J. Gomes, Harvard University
“Taylor describes doubt, faith and vocation, their limits, and how the church both blesses and muddies the waters.” — Nora Gallagher, author of Practicing Resurrection
“A fiercely honest and gracious book about our primary vocation to be human.” — Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and author of Reimagining Christianity
“Leaving Church is a canticle of praise to creator and creation.” — Thomas Lynch, author of The Undertaking and Booking Passage
“A finely crafted memoir . . . a rich evocation of her lifelong love affair with God.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Told with insight, humor and compassion.” — The Columbus Post Dispatch
“A beautifully crafted memoir . . . . There is a refreshing honesty . . . a slice of courage in a world that too often refuses to admit its vulnerability. . . . Leaving Church does not bash the church. It is a love story about letting go and learning to live with the mystery of what may happen next.” — San Diego Tribune
“...Taylor at her best, writing about congregational moments with such artistic grace and wit that we see them afresh” — Christian Century
“Even without the collar, Barbara Brown Taylor is one of our most important spiritual writers today.” — ExploreFaith
“I love this book . . . . Her beautiful, absorbing memoir will bless countless readers...” — Lauren Winner, The Dallas Morning News
“Such is the power of Brown Taylor’s prose...and her humanity that this story becomes one of hope.” — Columbus Dispatch
“An Episcopal priest renowned for her eloquent sermons turns her talents to memoir...” — Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Lovely . . . revealing . . . poignant. . . . I found in Taylor’s narrative a companionable voice...” — Garret Keizer in Books & Culture
“A wonderfully gifted Christian writer and speaker.” — Kansas City Star
“This new memoir is among the summer’s best books...” — Detroit Free Press
“Taylor is a better writer than LaMott and a better theologian than Norris. ...she is the best there is.” — Living Church
Notă biografică
Barbara Brown Taylor is the author of thirteen books, including the New York Times bestseller An Altar in the World and Leaving Church, which received an Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association. Taylor is the Butman Professor of Religion at Piedmont College, where she has taught since 1998. She lives on a working farm in rural northeast Georgia with her husband, Ed.
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Tells how a renowned preacher left her ministry to rediscover the authentic heart of her faith. She recalls with grace and wit her calling, her growing fame, the crisis it provoked and the unexpected blessings that followed. A moving reflection on keeping faith amidst the relentless demands of modern life.
Tells how a renowned preacher left her ministry to rediscover the authentic heart of her faith. She recalls with grace and wit her calling, her growing fame, the crisis it provoked and the unexpected blessings that followed. A moving reflection on keeping faith amidst the relentless demands of modern life.