Everything Happens with Kate Bowler Listen Again: Life After Dark with Barbara Brown Taylor
Jan 27, 2026
Barbara Brown Taylor, Episcopal priest and bestselling author who writes about faith and spiritual practice. She talks about why darkness matters and how craving only light gives half a life. She describes moving to the country to learn the moon, sitting in a cave to find unexpected comfort, practicing courage daily, and witnessing illness and loss with presence.
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Darkness As A Different Way Of Knowing
- Darkness is any place where usual tools and landmarks fail, forcing reliance on intuition and friendship.
- Barbara Brown Taylor says darkness can disarm us and simultaneously hold treasures light cannot provide.
Dark Lessons Complement Sunny Faith
- Learning from dark experiences yields lessons impossible to gain in sunny, speedy living.
- Taylor argues a full-sun spirituality is half a life and unrealistic against life's rhythms.
Practice Entering Darkness To Build Courage
- Practice entering dark places voluntarily under safer conditions to build courage for future suffering.
- Taylor suggests practicing walking into scary places so you learn to carry grace and trust later.
