Home By Another Way

Barbara Brown Taylor has a way of re-tellling familiar stories that make them come alive, and give a fresh perspective. These are the texts of her brief talks covering the full liturgical year, beginning with Advent and continuing on past Pentecost. Her prose is simply gorgeous. In reading some of these talks, I laughed and cried at the same time. She makes wonderful application of the stories to our own lives. I tend to prefer a less traditional or less literal, more metaphysical approach to the Bible, but Taylor's heart-felt insights really resonate with me and have inspired me. I plan to read her other books as well.

Forget that these are a pastor's sermons and just read Barbara Brown Taylor's writings on different aspects of our Christian life. You may completely disagree with some of he views, but at least it challenges how you have always viewed something, and that is NEVER a bad thing! I loved her writing on the Holy Spirit! It was truly a breath of fresh air, literally!

Barbara Brown Taylor is a phenomenalWriter and Preacher!Her writing style is so easy to read and so rich and full of illustrations that are so relatable to our everyday life she is teaching in every paragraph. She makes you think all through her sermons and explains passages and Biblical concepts with such clarity you marvel at her intelligence.You don't want to be disturbed while reading her sermons and definitelyfeel like you have been to church and find yourself saying, "AMEN" as you finish each sermon.

After reading quotes by Barbara Brown Taylor in a couple of other books, I checked out her book on Amazon and found it fascinating reading. I ordered the book and found it to be my own spiritual journey in another life. I couldn't put it down. It is full of expressions of her faith experience that speaks to my own. If you find yourself on the outskirts of the mainstream denominations of the Christian faith, you may find Taylor's book helpful in describing your own parameters of your faith journey.

I love BBT's writing and looked forward to hearing as well as reading the sermons in "Home by another way". However I discovered on downloading the Audible version that it is only the first sermon. This is disappointing and I think misleading as the reviews for the Audible version seem linked tor purchasers of the book with all the sermons. Of course, Audible does not allow returns for non-credit purchases so I am stuck paying $5 for 11 minutes of reading. Buyer beware.

A wonderful series of sermons taking the reader through the church year often giving a perspective heretofore not thought of. It makes me wonder how much further we might have come, in our faith journey, if we had been listening to women from the pulpit since Mary brought us the good news of our Lord's resurrection on that first Easter morning!

"Home by Another Name" gives one a true picture of life as a minister of the Christian faith, in simple, everyday language. What I learned is that Biblical stories or myths can come alive within us if we choose to believe them. We, of course, always have the permission from the author, to believe whatever we choose.

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This wonderfully written collection of short sermons has become an important part if my regular devotional habit.