“An elegant writer with the common touch, Taylor is always a wonderful guide to the spiritual world, and this book is no exception. Here she encourages us to turn out the lights and embrace the spiritual darkness, for it is in the dark, she maintains, that one can truly see.” (
Booklist)
“Taylor writes with consistent charm and an unobtrusive faith in God; her work is certain to appeal to… fans of Annie Dillard and Anne Lamott.” (
Library Journal)
“Reading Barbara Brown Taylor’s writing stuns me, challenges me, and heals me, both with the beauty of her prose and the depth of her wisdom. A gift to every person who’s felt the darkness but not had the words to articulate it… A truly beautiful book.” (Shauna Niequist, author of
Bread & Wine)
“Eyes wide open, Barbara Brown Taylor has written a precise and evocative field guide to the dark. Exploring the complex and generative terrain of twilight and absence on her own terms, she generously includes us on her journeys, and encourages us to make our own.” (Sharon Salzberg, author of
Real Happiness and Lovingkindness)
“Beautiful. Profound. Nourishing. I have needed to read this book for a long time.” (Lauren Winner, author of
Still and
Girl Meets God)
“Taylor is one of those rare people who truly can see the holy in everything.” (
Publishers Weekly (starred review))
“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)
“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)