Barbara Brown Taylor is interviewed today in the LA Times, coinciding with the release of her new book, "Leaving Church." I am looking forward to reading this one and love her answer to the question, "Who is Jesus to you these days?"
Jesus is a face whose eyes follow me everywhere I go. He's the lens through which I gaze upon the divine, and the skirt I hide under when I'm afraid. He's also a guy who's always asking me, "Who do you think you are, Barbara?"UPDATE: Here's a transcript of another interview from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.
Taylor was asked whether doubt played a role in her leaving church.
The Rev. TAYLOR (to audience at Washington's National Cathedral): Doubt? Oh sure, sure. Here's the way I presently live with doubt. Doubt often brings me to poke at what I believe, and when it topples, I realize that was an idol. And so doubt and disillusionment have been the divine gifts that have led me deeper into who God is.
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