Category: Learning to Walk in the Dark

Chapter 9

You can download a PDF of this week’s reflection here.  True to her statement at the beginning of Learning to Walk In the Dark, Barbara Brown Taylor follows the lunar cycle through the course of her book, walking us through

Chapter 8

Click here to download a PDF of this week’s reflection.  We began this walk in to the dark with an astrological event, the Presides meteor shower, so it seems only fitting we head towards the end of this books study with

Chapter 7

You can download a PDF of this week’s reflection here. How do we conquer our dark nights? As I have ventured through Learning to Walk in the Dark, I have found myself experiencing a deep sense of healing and understanding.

Chapter 6

You can download a PDF of this week’s reflection here. “While I am looking for something large, bright, and unmistakably holy, God slips something small, dark and apparently negligible in my pocket, How many other treasures have I walked right

Chapter 5

You can download a PDF of this week’s reflection here. When was the last time you read the Creation Story in Genesis? Or actually the two creation stories in Genesis. As I started my Intro to Old Testament class this

Chapter 4

You can download a PDF of this week’s reflection here. A recent New Yorker article outlined, in great detail, the thing that runs through my head when I can’t sleep at night. Having woken up for any myriad of reasons

Chapter 3

You can download a PDF of this week’s reflection here. Just before getting Brown Taylor’s latest book, I was pondering the map of the Earth from space that shows how brightly lit the richest lands are. The United States’ borders

Chapter 2

You can download a PDF of this week’s reflection here.  You needn’t look long before finding a reference to light or dark in our Christian Scriptures, prayers, and hymns. Taylor has collected quite a few, but you’re probably already thinking

Intro & Chapter 1

You can download a PDF of this week’s reflection here.  Step 1 of learning to walk in the dark is to give up running the show. Next you sign the waiver that allows you to bump into some things that

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