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The boundaries became constrictive in what I was doing, and if my faith grew, it was because I pressed some of the boundaries in ways I hadn't felt comfortable or responsible doing that before.
Barbara Brown Taylor
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Barbara Brown Taylor
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 21
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The real problem has far less to do with what is really out there than it does with our resistance to finding out what is really out there.
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Kindness is not a bad religion, no matter what name you use for God.
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I'm leaving out some of the hugely successful megachurches, of which I have very little experience.
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