Barbara Brown Taylor is an Episcopal priest. She holds the Harry R. Butman Chair in Religion and Philosophy at Piedmont College in northeastern Georgia and serves as adjunct professor of Christian spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur. Recognized as one of the twelve most effective preachers in the English language by Baylor University in 1995, Taylor has published numerous collections of her sermons and theological reflections, including Mixed Blessings, The Preaching Life, Speaking of Sin, Bread of Angles, Home By Another Way, and Gospel Medicine.
Barbara Brown Taylor possesses a gift that is in short supply these
days: the gift of conveying a living sense of the transcendent, the
holy, and the grace-full in and through the stuff of our lives
*Sewanee Theological Review*
Barbara Brown Taylor has the rare combination of a sturdy
theological mind and a receptive, almost wide-eyed, openness to
experience. She is amazingly non-judgmental. She does not sort
experiences or people into good and bad boxes, but dwells patiently
and expectantly with them, confident that God has something to
teach her in virtually everything.
*Princeton Theological Seminary*
Gospel Medicine by Barbara Brown Taylor is a book of sermons that
read like short stories. …The book is packed with memorable sayings
and word pictures: ‘In case you have not noticed, Christianity is a
religion in which the sinners have all the advantages,’ reads one.
…I read one of these sermons out loud, just to see whether they
spoke as well as they read. They do.
*Ecw Communique*
Those who have read Barbara Brown Taylor's The Preaching Life will
surely welcome Gospel Medicine. Like her earlier work, this is a
collection of sermons that address a variety of life situations.
Taylor is a preacher/writer of uncommon skill, a homiletical
thaumaturgist, if you will. . . . Taylor will catch your attention
with a riveting phrase or striking allusion as she leads you down
unfamiliar pathways where, to your surprise, you will discover
new/old truths about yourself, your community, and your world.
*Anglican Theological Review*
Barbara Brown Taylor has won the respect of homileticians through
her writing, lectures, and sermons at preaching conferences. This
book of sermons will only enhance her reputation for theological
insight and gracious speech. The gospel she shares is fresh and
clear. …She writes with the feeling of the poet and the warmth of a
personal friend who understands the struggle to be human and
Christian.
*The Review and Expositor*
In these down to earth observations on God's presence in a broken
world, Ms. Taylor re-examines a few of the 'tried and true' Old and
New Testament stories with a fresh and a sharp discerning eye.
*Faith At Work*
Like all the best Anglican preachers, Taylor has a fine ear. She is
not only attentive to speaking the truth (and there is a lot of
truth in these pages). She is also concerned to speak that truth
plainly, elegantly, and in relationship to the life we live. . . .
Taylor herself is good medicine.
*The Living Church*
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