Andrew Taylor-Troutman, Author at The Presbyterian Outlook

Andrew Taylor-Troutman

Andrew Taylor-Troutman is the author of Little Big Moments, a collection of mini-essays about parenting and Tigers, Mice & Strawberries: Poems. Taylor-Troutman lives in Chapel Hill where he serves as pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church and occasionally stumbles upon the wondrous while in search of his next cup of coffee.

It will be baseball. It will be prayer: The poetry of E. Ethelbert Miller

Andrew Taylor-Troutman offers the perfect recommendation for anyone who likes thinking about God and baseball.

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Lessons from losing

Losing is painful. According to professional athletes, it can also lead to growth, writes Andrew Taylor Troutman.

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Worshiping across America in Birkenstocks

Andrew Taylor-Troutman offers sabbatical reflections.

Book Reviews

Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair

"Here is a writer applying his personal experience, academic training, as well as his doubts and longing against despair, and finding hope." — Andrew Taylor-Troutman

A small orange glove propped up on a fence poll with a green, tree background.

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Strange Math

A poem about a man who would take walks by Andrew Taylor-Troutman.

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‘It good’: Hospitality in a hospital waiting room

Andrew Taylor-Troutman reflects on the care, life and grief he witnessed as the life of a parishioner came to an end.

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Perennial

A poem for gardeners, for springtime lovers, for the hopeful by Andrew Taylor-Troutman.

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The laying on of (other) hands

Andrew Taylor-Troutman offers a glimpse into worship: how faith is passed on not with words but with actions, how we are held as we hold, how we might elevate our spirits as we tenderly reach for others.