Learning to Walk in the Dark - Hardcover

"Taylor seems simply incapable of writing a bad book. . . . A wonderfully gifted Christian writer and speaker."--"Kansas City Star"

"Barbara Brown Taylor is one of our most important spiritual writers today."--"ExploreFaith"

"In this season of national want, Barbara Brown Taylor serves up beefy soul food."--"Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

"Taylor's spiritual reflections are original, bringing fresh air to her topics because her spirituality is steeped in everyday life while illuminated by the ancient Christian spiritual tradition."--"National Catholic Reporter"

"Barbara Brown Taylor is a favorite among church members who struggle to connect the sacred and secular, the heavenly and the earthly. These readers appreciate the candor with which she writes about it."--"Raleigh News and Observer"

"Barbara Brown Taylor penetrates the religious clutter. She comforts. She revives our spirits."--"The Congregationalist"

"Taylor writes fluently, with an eye and ear for the striking image and memorable phrase. Many readers, especially the vast numbers of the 'unchurched' but 'spiritual, ' will find support and useful counsel."--"Library Journal"

"With calm confidence and hard won humility, Barbara Brown Taylor continues to serve our recovery of a whole faith, a performed faith, a lifesaving and lifegiving faith. With a delightfully deft touch, she replaces a wide array of false dichotomies with true coherencies."--Scott Cairns, author of "Short Trip to the Edge: Where Earth Meets Heaven-A Pilgrimage"

"In the spirit of the great mystics, Barbara Brown Taylor has looked beyond the walls of the church and found...God. With her always winsome prose... we can confidently place ourselves in her hands; she is the most generous and gracious of spiritual guides."--Tony Jones, author of "The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life" and "The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier"

"To the parish of the seldom, or sorely, or no longer 'churched, ' to the doubting and dumbfounded and blessedly vexed, Barbara Brown Taylor tenders an elegant epistle."--Thomas Lynch, author of "The Undertaking" and "Booking Passage"