Encore: Barbara Brown Taylor on Being the Saint of Small Things
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Barbara Brown Taylor discusses the significance of small acts and the challenges of maintaining hope in a difficult world.
Description: Barbara Brown Taylor gave us the question that ends every episode of this show, so it feels right to hand the Sacred Work series over to her. In this encore, the New York Times bestselling author, teacher, and Episcopal priest talks with Jen about the year she spent doing almost nothing impressive: the county fair with a couple of six-year-olds, an old racehorse nobody wanted, blueberry pies for friends going through hard things, and shifts at the public library. She calls herself the saint of small things, and she is honest about how hard that is to say out loud when people want to know what big thing you are working on. They also get into why she is wary of hope that functions as an escape hatch, how she keeps her heart from going wooden in a world of terrible headlines, and why friendship is worth protecting even though nobody rewards you for it. Stay to the end for the benediction Barbara wrote for this community. Thought-provoking Quotes: I’ll be the saint of small things today. Headlines give me omniscience but no omnipotence. I’ve got to attend to the sustainability of a supple heart. I’m real wary of hope unless it functions right here, right now. The years…
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