Home by Another Way by Barbara Brown Taylor

Home by Another Way Reviews

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  JoAnn

  Love this: "Day by day you are going to get up, wash your face, and go ask for what you want. You are going to trust the process, regardless of what comes of it, because the process itself gives you life. The process keeps you engaged with what matters most to you, so you do not lose heart."
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  Liz

  I loved this. I hadn't read anything else of hers yet ... Just snippets of quotes in other writings.
  
  Her words are often gentle, yet provocative, like a proper surgeon's scalpel ... you don't even know you're bleeding until the next page!
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  James

  A book I savored slowly as the lectionary moved through the church. Barbara is a gift to the 21C Church. She instills hope that we Christ followers still have something profoundly good to offer to the world.
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  Jill

  Would love to hear her preach in real life. A fantastic grouping of sermons. She is so easily understood, gives a good twist on conventional thinking and beliefs and is ok with asking open ended questions. Loved this book and have so many pages dog-eared and have written all over it! A must read for any person who ever gets in a pulpit to preach!
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  Rev. Linda

  In these sermons, Barabra Brown Taylor walks us through the church year from the expectancy of Advent to the fires of Pentecost and beyond. Her themes arise not only from a particular feast or fast, but out of the perennial questions of faith: doubt, grace, anger, and jubilation. These sermons are simply great stories well told.
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  Joe Henry

  This is a book of 39 sermons, organized in sections: Lent &Christmas (4), Epiphany (7), Lent (3),Good Friday (7), Easter & the Great Fifty Days (7), The Season After Pentecost (11). BBT has a wonderful ability to tell stories in a way that is both fresh and penetrating I was inclined to read maybe one sermon a day, maybe two. When I got to the one main point, it was generally delivered quite effectively and I was content to sit with it rather than be in too big a hurry to move on. It was like a meditation or a centering kind of thing for me.
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  Joe

  Superb book of sermons. Taylor might be at her best when explicating a particularly challenging passage of scripture. This book is 20 years old, but many of her sermons would be even more timely today than then. The challenge of following the teaching of Christ and yet simultaneously accepting and receiving grace as decidedly imperfect people is pretty much at the center of this book. The closer I got to the end, the sadder I was to leave her teaching behind. Very much worth reading.
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  Doug

  Taylor began preaching as someone who was influenced by Fred Craddock. By the time this collection came out she had developed her own unique and powerful preaching voice. In the pulpit she had a poise and confidence that comes through in the written text. This is her best preaching work in print. After this came our she began a new phase of life as a spiritual nomad.
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  Bryn Clark

  It’s hard to rate a collection of sermons. But among these were some that really hit home and others that were a mere (but also, not an insignificant): “hm...”
  
  I love her style and approach to preaching and felt like each of these had something to teach me all because they didn’t preach but instead invited me into the story of scripture.
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  Holly

  I did start this in Advent 2020 -- generally reading one each Sunday. I like Brown Taylor's writing style, and also find what she has to say to be well worth reading. I do not rate them as I go along, but my overall feel is that they are generally good to amazing sermons, and they make very worthwhile meditations, also. She often has a unique take on a traditional concept. Very worth reading!
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  Helen Washington

  Wonderful collection of sermons to take you through the liturgical year. I will revisit this book often.
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  Becca Messman

  I’m all in for BBT sermons.
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  Kate

  Pastor Brown-Taylor is a beautiful speaker, with a pastoral heart & an ear for a story. Gorgeous, poetic sermons. She is GOALS.
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  Emily Lund-Hansen

  Barbara Brown Taylor is a treasure, and I am so grateful for her work and witness.
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  Jackie

  Inspiring sermons read with Bible Study group. Inspired great discussions.
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  Phillip Block

  This is an anthology of sermons preached by the author when she was an Episcopal priest.
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  Tracy

  4.5. This was the perfect book to go through the church calendar with. Each sermon was just long enough to get its point across without being too long.
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  Rachel | All the RAD Reads

  I originally started reading it alongside the church calendar, as it’s a collection of writings (her sermons!) following the church holidays, but I eventually just kept reading since it’s so good! I love all things BBT and even though I don’t belong to a liturgical church, I love the rhythms of the calendar and found these sermons deeply insightful, moving, inspiring, and beautiful. I’ll come back to this one during Advent and Lent especially!
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  Will Waller

  Barbara Brown Taylor remains one of the ultimate sermon writers of our time. She crafts beautiful turns of phrases and looks at Scripture in a way that's novel and intriguing. She's generally captivating to read.
  
  However, Taylor is not my kind of preacher. She's probably not that great of a preacher as it is. Her style lacks context. She preaches as if she has no congregation. She writes a sermon in a kind of religious masturbation, seeing how much she can pleasure herself without hurting the feelings of anyone else. It's nauseating at times to read her, because she lacks a prophetic edge, preferring the soft tenderness of a "you're okay, i'm okay, let's have a hug" mentality of today. While I do not discredit her interpretations of Scripture, she seems to avoid speaking of sin, evil and the problems that both present.
  
  My mother is such a huge fan of hers and continues to send me copies of her books. This means I will continue reading them. While Taylor has such a command of the English language, her command of the duty of preaching -- calling people to faith in Christ -- remains suspect.
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  Nneka Ngene

  I had heard nothing but great things about Barbara Brown Taylor. I picked up this book with so much anticipation. The first time I read this book a few yrs ago, my heart wasn't ready to receive what she was saying. Now, in a totally different head space, I'm reading it again and oh my word! It's doing things to me.
  
  I'll be back when I'm done for a full review and revised rating.
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  Evelyn

  Taylor never disappoints. This book of sermons is poignant, meaningful, and deeply theological. My favorites include God's Ferris Wheel, Believing in the Word, He Who Fills All in All, and The Yes and No Brothers.
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  Phil Beatty

  I have long been a fan of Barbara Brown Taylor. She asks the questions that I'm asking and puts me in the mist of the living scripture. When I research lectionaries I seek what she has written on the text. She is never a disappointment.
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  Judy

  This isn't just a group of sermons, but a journey through the Christian year from Advent through Pentecost. A fine collection.