{"id":1317,"date":"2011-06-30T12:34:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T16:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flunkingsainthood\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2011-06-30T12:34:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T16:34:02","slug":"gush-gush-i-got-to-interview-barbara-brown-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flunkingsainthood\/2011\/06\/gush-gush-i-got-to-interview-barbara-brown-taylor.html","title":{"rendered":"Gush, Gush . . . I Got to Interview Barbara Brown Taylor!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flunkingsainthood\/files\/2011\/06\/Bbt_credit_stu-210.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1318\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flunkingsainthood\/files\/2011\/06\/Bbt_credit_stu-210.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/83\/2011\/06\/BBT3-Barbara-Brown-Taylor-199x300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1319\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/83\/2011\/06\/BBT3-Barbara-Brown-Taylor-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Brown Taylor\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>This month&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/wjkradio.wjkbooks.com\/2011\/06\/wjk-radio-29-barbara-brown-taylor-on-feasting-on-the-word.html\">WJK Radio podcast<\/a> has been posted, and I am all aflutter. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbarabrowntaylor.com\/\">Barbara Brown Taylor<\/a> is one of my favorite spirituality writers, so it was a great honor to get to talk to her. You&#8217;ll be impressed with how I was actually able to carry on a conversation even while crowing inwardly, &#8220;I am interviewing BBT! I am interviewing BBT!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>OK, gushing complete. Sorry.<\/p>\n<p>The specific focus is on her editorial role in WJK&#8217;s popular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feastingontheword.net\/\">Feasting on the Word<\/a> commentary series; she was a very hands-on co-editor for all 12 volumes, the last of which was published earlier this year. WJK has a number of side products in the feasting line, including the forthcoming Feasting on the Gospels commentaries and a multi-generational curriculum based on the Revised Common Lectionary.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview we also talk a bit about her approach to writing and what she&#8217;s up to next. Check it out! &#8211;JKR<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s WJK Radio podcast has been posted, and I am all aflutter. 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