Book · 2014 · Religion
Learning to Walk in the Dark
Because God often shows up at night
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Learning to Walk in the Dark challenges believers and non-believers alike to probe the shadows of our lives and to embrace darkness in all its forms.
What they say about it
- Discussing spiritual growth“evolving and growing in our knowledge”2
The best things said about it
Until I read this book, this is why this is so fascinating, Supersolars, that we're still evolving and growing in our knowledge of our spiritual selves.
Oprah Winfrey Oprah's Super Soul · Nov 2026 It's half your life, whether it's day, night, or your emotional life.
It took about six months to realize these were city behaviors, that I could begin to explore country behavior around the dark, which is actually where the title of the book came from.
And while I was working on this book, I very carefully boundaried it.
So what I hear you saying from Learning to Walk in the Dark is not to run away from, you know, because we've been so trained.
Oprah Winfrey Oprah's Super Soul · Nov 2026 Why people recommend it
Every mention
Barbara Brown Taylor It's half your life, whether it's day, night, or your emotional life. But it seems to me I have spent a lot… 3
Discussed
“It's half your life, whether it's day, night, or your emotional life. But it seems to me I have spent a lot more energy trying to manage and avoid that time than I have wondering what might be there for me.”
Discussed
“and it took about six months to realize these were city behaviors, that I could begin to explore country behavior around the dark, which is actually where the title of the book came from.”
Discussed
“And while I was working on this book, I very carefully boundaried it. But I thought, no, I'm going to take 30 minutes a day to be melancholic and to see what my sadness is about.”
Oprah Winfrey But I thought, you know, until I read this book, this is why this is so fascinating, Supersolars, that we'r… 2
Discussed
“But I thought, you know, until I read this book, this is why this is so fascinating, Supersolars, that we're still evolving and growing in our knowledge of our spiritual selves.”
Discussed
“So what I hear you saying from learning to walk in the dark is not to run away from, you know, because we've been so trained.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Discussed
“Her latest book, Learning to Walk in the Dark, challenges believers and non-believers alike to probe the shadows of our lives and to embrace darkness in all its forms.”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Barbara is the best-selling author of 13 books, including her latest, Learning to Walk in the Dark.”