Barbara Brown Taylor

Barbara Brown Taylor was named one of the twelve most effective preachers in the English-speaking world by Baylor University. Ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1983, she became rector of Grace-Calvary Episcopal Church in Clarkesville in 1992. She resigned from her parish to accept an endowed chair in religion at Piedmont College. A frequent guest preacher and teacher at churches and universities across the country, she is also adjunct professor of Christian spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary. An editor-at-large and columnist for The Christian Century, Taylor is the author of more than ten books. She lives on a working farm in rural Habersham County, Georgia, with her husband, Ed. Photo credit: Don Chambers