Barbara Brown Taylor — Episcopal priest, teacher, columnist and author. For years, her books reflected her perspective as a church member and leader. Her new book, LEAVING CHURCH, is about burning out as the priest of a parish she had wanted very much to serve, and then leaving not only the pastoral ministry but many of her former beliefs, too. More →

March 9, 2007

Read Bob Abernethy’s June 8, 2006 interview with Barbara Brown Taylor. More →

July 7, 2006

Read an excerpt from LEAVING CHURCH: A MEMOIR OF FAITH by Barbara Brown Taylor (Harper San Francisco, 2006): Many years ago now, when I was invited to speak at a church gathering, my host said, “Tell us what is saving … More →

July 7, 2006

R & E profiles the Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor: an Episcopal priest once honored as one of the greatest preachers in the world, now primarily a writer and teacher. More →

May 12, 2000

  BOB ABERNETHY: Our story of Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and is told by three narrators: Monsignor John Meier of Catholic University in Washington; Barbara Brown Taylor, an Episcopal priest in Georgia; and Reverend Charles Adams of Hartford … More →

April 10, 1998