Barbara Brown Taylor


The 2003 January Series at Calvin College

Georgia Public Broadcasting with "Cover to Cover" host St. John Flynn

Wake Forest University Baccalaureate, May 2006


Events

Taylor's calendar is full through the end of 2009. For information on 2010, please see the end of this list.

2008

June 23-27--Writing workshop with Nora Gallagher and Lauren Winner at the Cathedral College, Washington National Cathedral (www.cathedralcollege.org). Full.

June 25--Book signing at the Washington National Cathedral Book Store, 12:30-2:00 pm.

June 30-July 11--"Christian Practice for Congregations," Doctor of Ministry class at Columbia Theological Seminary (for degree candidates only).

August 16--Annual Leadership Event for the presbyteries of Cherokee, Greater Atlanta, and Northeast Georgia, keynote presentation and two workshops.

September 7--Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, sermon at vespers service.

September 21-- Memorial Church, Harvard University

September 27-29--Nexus Laity Institute, Greenville, SC, Saturday morning workshop, Sunday morning sermon and evening lecture, Monday dialog and evening lecture.

October 12--Duke University Chapel, Durham, NC, Sunday sermon.

November 1-2--Hilliker Lectureship, Chalmers United Church, Kingston, Ontario, Saturday address and Sunday sermon.

December 7-11--Kanuga Conference Center, Hendersonville, NC, week long workshop with Philip Newell.

2009

January 11-- Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.

January 24--First Annual Lecture at The Buechner Institute, Kings College, Bristol, TN
(Open Event; www.buechnerinstitute.org).

February 12-15--Lifelong Learning Event at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA

March 3-4-- James Ross McCain Faith and Learning Lecture at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
(Open Event, but tickets must be reserved in advance) (www.agnesscott.edu/studentlife/religiouslife/faithandlearning.aspx)

March 22-23--Edmunds Lectures at Second Presbyterian Church, Roanoke, VA (www.spres.org).

April 2--Literature and Spirituality series hosted by Yale Divinity School and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. 3:00 pm conversation followed by 4:15 pm reading in the YDS bookstore.

April 18--Metro Atlanta Church and Synagogue Library Association, Atlanta, GA

May 17--The Lovett School Commencement Ceremony, Atlanta, GA (www.lovett.org)
Service is open to family, friends, and guests of the graduates

May 21-22--The Festival of Homiletics, Atlanta, GA
(Closed Registration; www.goodpreacher.com).

June 1-6--Labyrinth Workshop with Lauren Artress and Alan Jones at Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France
"Walking A Sacred Path" (Open Event with required registration; www.veriditas.net).

July 6-17--Doctor of Ministry Class, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA (for degree candidates only).

August 21--Retreat for the Chaplains of the Kentucky Baptist Healthcare System, meeting in New Harmony, IN (Closed Event).

October 2-3--"Making God Real" with the Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church, Endicott, NY (www.wyomingconfernce.org -Click on "educational opportunities")

December 13--Carrollton Presbyterian Church, Carrollton, GA, Sunday morning sermon 11:00 a.m.
Q&A at 9:45 and 10:30 a.m. (Open Event)
Contact: Jan Stewart Tolbert; cpc_jan@bellsouth.net

BBT plans her speaking schedule one year in advance every January. For information on 2010, please write Stacie at stacie27@hotmail.com


Selected Works

Memoir
Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
(HarperSanFrancisco, 2006) "I love this book. Her beautiful, absorbing memoir will bless countless readers, helping us to see God in the church, and out in the world, and in the small interstices in between."
--Lauren Winner
Nonfiction
The Seeds of Heaven (2nd edition)
(Westminster John Knox) Sermons on the Gospel of Matthew
The Preaching Life
(Cowley) “One is reminded of Somerset Maugham’s The Summing Up and Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life.”
--Fred B. Craddock
Home By Another Way
(Cowley) “Sermons wonderfully intelligent, moving and direct.”
--Annie Dillard
When God Is Silent
(Cowley) The 1997 Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching at Yale



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