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mikewomack 's review for:
Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
by Barbara Brown Taylor
I've long been a fan of BBT's writing when it has appeared in the circles in which I travel but this is the first full book of hers that I have read. There is no doubt that BBT is a wordsmith and thinks deeply about her faith. I appreciate her honesty in both success and failure because most of us have been their ourselves.
I understand the difficulty of sharing some of the stories while the solo pastor but I think learning more about some of those trials would have made this memoir feel more urgent.
Favorite lines:
Even if ordination is the farther thing from your mind, even if you cannot find a church big enough to hold all that you know to be true about God what do you do with this strange attraction but go where other people go when they feel it too?
My dedication to being good had cost me a fortune in being whole. My desire to do all things well had kept me from doing one thing within my power to do, which was to discover what it mean to be fully human.
The people you think love you don’t love you as much as you think they love you…and the people you think hate you don’t hate you as much as you think they hate you.
I distrust people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. - a quote from Susan B. Anthony
I understand the difficulty of sharing some of the stories while the solo pastor but I think learning more about some of those trials would have made this memoir feel more urgent.
Favorite lines:
Even if ordination is the farther thing from your mind, even if you cannot find a church big enough to hold all that you know to be true about God what do you do with this strange attraction but go where other people go when they feel it too?
My dedication to being good had cost me a fortune in being whole. My desire to do all things well had kept me from doing one thing within my power to do, which was to discover what it mean to be fully human.
The people you think love you don’t love you as much as you think they love you…and the people you think hate you don’t hate you as much as you think they hate you.
I distrust people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. - a quote from Susan B. Anthony