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There was no time anymore to be quiet or still or pray. So, in many ways, that's what led to my downward spin.

Barbara Brown Taylor

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Barbara Brown Taylor
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 21
Anglican Priest
Priest
Downward
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