Leaving Church

"I cannot overstate how liberating and transforming I have found Leaving Church to be." -- Frederick Buechner, author of Beyond Words

"This memoir [...] is full of surprises[...] In her renewal is our own." -- Peter J. Gomes, Harvard University

"Taylor describes doubt, faith and vocation, their limits, and how the church both blesses and muddies the waters." -- Nora Gallagher, author of Practicing Resurrection

"A fiercely honest and gracious book about our primary vocation to be human." -- Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and author of Reimagining Christianity

"Leaving Church is a canticle of praise to creator and creation." -- Thomas Lynch, author of The Undertaking and Booking Passage

"A finely crafted memoir . . . a rich evocation of her lifelong love affair with God." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Told with insight, humor and compassion." -- The Columbus Post Dispatch

"A beautifully crafted memoir . . . . There is a refreshing honesty . . . a slice of courage in a world that too often refuses to admit its vulnerability. . . . Leaving Church does not bash the church. It is a love story about letting go and learning to live with the mystery of what may happen next." -- San Diego Tribune

"...Taylor at her best, writing about congregational moments with such artistic grace and wit that we see them afresh" -- Christian Century

"Even without the collar, Barbara Brown Taylor is one of our most important spiritual writers today." -- ExploreFaith

"I love this book . . . . Her beautiful, absorbing memoir will bless countless readers..." -- Lauren Winner, The Dallas Morning News

"Such is the power of Brown Taylor's prose...and her humanity that this story becomes one of hope." -- Columbus Dispatch

"An Episcopal priest renowned for her eloquent sermons turns her talents to memoir..." -- Atlanta Journal Constitution

"Lovely . . . revealing . . . poignant. . . . I found in Taylor's narrative a companionable voice..." -- Garret Keizer in Books & Culture

"A wonderfully gifted Christian writer and speaker." -- Kansas City Star

"This new memoir is among the summer's best books..." -- Detroit Free Press

"Taylor is a better writer than LaMott and a better theologian than Norris. ...she is the best there is." -- Living Church