Although the Amazon description says the book was published in 1994 / 1999 - I actually purchased it in early 1993. I must have an early copy. Around that time, a friend of mine kept bringing photocopies of Ms. Taylor's column to my work and sharing them with me. Every single one literally sang to my heart. When I saw this book, I HAD to have it.

Susan Taylor's writing, much like the lady herself, is eloquent and stylish, sassy and bold. Most of all, everytime I turn to this book I receive hope, calm direction, encouragment, spiritual recharges - the list is endless.

Throughout the years, I have pulled "In The Spirit" down from the shelf wondering if I'd outgrown it yet. So many times a book that was inspirational at one point in my life doesn't carry into another time & place. But this one does. Susan Taylor is a writer whose work is timeless.

The essays in this book also speak to a commonality - the Spirit of God within us all - that crosses all sorts of the 'boundary lines' that we humans like to draw. I strongly encourage people of all genders, races, ethnic and religious backgrounds to purchase this book.