Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor (English) Paperback Bo

Description: Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor One of Americas most renowned and beloved preachers eloquently tells the moving and delightful story of her search for her own authentic way of being Christian, even when it meant giving up her pulpit. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "This beautiful book is rich with wit and humanness and honesty and loving detail....I cannot overstate how liberating and transforming I have found Leaving Church to be." —Frederick Buechner, author of Beyond Words"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 ChurchBarbara Brown Taylor, once hailed as one of Americas 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. Back Cover 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. Taylors realization that this may in fact be Gods 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. Author Biography 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. Review "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 Taylors 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 Taylors 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 summers 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 Long Description One of Americas most renowned and beloved preachers tells the moving story of how she searched for her own authentic way of keeping faith--even when it meant giving up her pulpit. Review Quote "Wonderfully crafted . . . this memoir is a soulful conversation." Description for Teachers/Educators Framed as a failed love affair with a small church in rural north Georgia, Barbara Brown Taylors journey from city to country, from full-time ministry to university professor, and urban dweller to part-time farmer is insightful, humorous, and wonderfully human. After ten years in a big urban church, Taylor arrives in Clarkesville (population 1500) to discover that she is one of the few professional women in town as well as the only woman in charge of a congregation. After five and a half years, she finds herself with "compassion fatigue," and when an offer comes to leave the church for an opening at a local college, Taylor jumps at the chance, despite her reservations. Ultimately, Taylor realizes it is still possible to "keep the faith," although not in a way that jibes with traditional Christianity. Barbara Brown Taylor was ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1983. A frequent guest preacher and teacher at churches and universities across the country, she was named one of the twelve most effective preachers in the English-speaking world by Baylor University in 1996 and resigned from her parish soon thereafter to accept an endowed chair in religion at Piedmont College. She lives on a working farm in rural Habersham County, Georgia with her husband, Ed. "A fiercely honest and gracious book about our primary vocation to be human. Here the reader will find an awesome reverence for mystery. This book comes as a refreshing challenge to reconnect with the longings in the depths of the soul. Many will read this book with relief and recognition."- Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and author of Reimagining Christianity Details ISBN0060872632 Author Barbara Brown Taylor Short Title LEAVING CHURCH Language English ISBN-10 0060872632 ISBN-13 9780060872632 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 283.092 Subtitle A Memoir of Faith Country of Publication United States Place of Publication New York Residence GA, US Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780060872632 US Release Date 2012-05-01 UK Release Date 2012-05-01 Pages 272 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-05-01 Imprint HarperOne Alternative 9780062100788 Audience General AU Release Date 2007-07-24 NZ Release Date 2011-05-03 Imprint US HarperOne Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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