We cannot live in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening. To use our own voice. To see our own light. Hildegard of Bingen I struggle to listen. I strug...

Instead, I have learned things in the dark that I could never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is really only one logical conclusion. I need darkness as much as I need light.  Barbara B...

Pema Chödrön did not become one of my teachers until I had almost finished writing, but she diagnosed the problem so well that I can no longer say it without her help. We are all so busy constructing zones of safety that keep breaking down, she say...

There is a light that shines in the darkness, which is only visible there. Barbara Brown Taylor Hitting bottom. Falling to pieces. Being at my worst. Failing miserably. Getting my butt kicked. Losing my way. Burning it all down. These are some nam...