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Barbara Brown Taylor to Preach at Duke Chapel This Sunday

The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor
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The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor
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The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor
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At our worship service this Sunday (February 5) at 11:00 a.m., we will welcome as our guest preacher the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, a bestselling author, teacher, and Episcopal priest.

Rev. Taylor's first memoir, Leaving Church, won an Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association in 2006. Her next three books earned places on the New York Times bestseller list. Her latest book, Always a Guest, was released in October 2020 by Westminster John Knox Press. She has served on the faculties of Piedmont College, Emory University, Mercer University, Columbia Seminary, Oblate School of Theology, and the Certificate in Theological Studies program at Arrendale State Prison for Women in Alto, Georgia. She has been named to the TIME 100 list of Most Influential People in 2014 and also awarded Georgia Woman of the Year and the Emory Medal from Emory University, among many other distinctions and honorary degrees.

The Duke Chapel Choir and Chapel organists will lead the music for the service. The opening hymn, "Holy Wisdom, Holy Word," will be the premiere of a hymn text commissioned by Duke Chapel. Written by the Rev. Susan R. Briehl, a Lutheran pastor and composer, the hymn proclaims themes of creation, ecological justice, and God's redemption of the world. 

Parking is available in the Bryan Center garage at 125 Science Drive. ADA parking is available in the Bryan Center Surface Lot at the same address. Receive a pass for free parking on Sunday mornings at the visitor desk inside the Chapel.