According to a recent article in the New York Times, few pa… - Barbara Brown Taylor

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According to a recent article in the New York Times, few parents expose their children to those works in the original these days, and some of their reasons make sense. Who wants children growing up with the idea that stepmothers are wicked, ugly people are evil, women can get by on their beauty, and princesses are all white? At the same time, I worry about children who grow up thinking that every story has a happy ending and no one gets permanently hurt along the way.

Barbara Brown Taylor

Learning to Walk in the Dark: Because Sometimes God Shows Up at Night · April 8, 2014 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.

Although I never found a church where I felt completely at home again, I made a new home in the world. I renewed my membership in the priesthood of all believers, who may not have as much power as we would like, but whose consolation prize is the freedome to meet God after work, well away from all centers of religious command, wherever God shows up.

once I gave up the hunt for villains, I had little recourse but to take responsibility for my choices ...Needless to say, this is far less satisfying that nailing villains. It also turned out to be more healing in the end.

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