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We are born seekers, calling strange names into the darkness from our earliest days because we know we are not meant to be alone, and because we know that we await someone whom we cannot always see.
Barbara Brown Taylor
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Barbara Brown Taylor
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 21
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I don't have time for a job that doesn't leave me time to be quiet or still or to pray.
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Beliefs have become unimportant to me. Faith as radical trust became even more important to me.
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