Barbara Brown Taylor

Like Many people with nothing better to do, I often read obituaries....

Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality, by Thomas Lynch

I am an unwilling explorer of cyberspace. For years I managed not to go there....

I am a longtime fan of public radio. It began years ago with Garrison Keillor, whose weekly monologues on Lake Wobegon became a regular feature of my Saturday evenings....

When I bought the land where I now live, there was nothing on it but trees, cows and fescue. The first question the builder asked me was, “Where’s your well?” I tried to hide my surprise....

Although I live nine miles away from town, there is nothing much to slow me down on my way in....

While I was visiting Fort Worth, Texas, recently, I walked into a used bookstore on North 8th Street—the kind of place where you can fall into a time warp, forgetting where you are until you hear t...

This week I am headed to the Hindu Temple in Atlanta so that the students in my World Religions class may see a living faith in action....

I have just spent the last hour turning on and off light switches, standing in front of heater vents, and opening faucets....

Several years ago, when my husband’s engineering firm was between jobs, a pipe fitter named Richard came to live in the small log cabin just down the hill from our house....

Christmas is coming. I know this not because of the weather, which is still balmy, nor the date....

Recently I met someone who had been to South Africa to witness the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission....

Recently I received a letter from the CEO of a not-for-profit corporation that is dear to my heart. After seven years of leadership, he said, he believed it was time for him to step down....

When I travel, I like to bring treasures home with me. I have four carved wooden masks I bought in Kenya, and one of the Buddha I found in Katmandu....

Since I left parish ministry almost two years ago, the oddest question I have been asked is, "What do you preach about now that you have left the church?" The people who ask tend to be deeply invol...

Among the many compelling reasons for religious people to engage science is the human tendency to base our worldviews on the prevailing physics of the day....

 I have a seven-year-old granddaughter by marriage named Madeline. She is blond, skinny and tall for her age. When she comes to visit, we cook together....

One of my worst fears recently materialized in-of all places-the post office. It was lunch hour on a busy day....