Frederick Buechner

Frederick Buechner

11-Jul-1926

United States

Author

Frederick Buechner aspired to be a writer after graduating from the army and graduating from Princeton. His first novel, 'Death Is a Long Day But soon, his writing got stuck and he began to feel the need to deal with spiritual despair. He first attended Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, and inspired by the preaching of the Rev. George Buttrick, he studied theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He was instrumental in establishing the Department of Religions at Phillips Exeter Academy. In addition to 'A Long Day's Dying' he has written many other novels such as 'The Return of Ansel Gibbs', 'The Difference's Difference', and 'Final Beast'. His most famous works are the four novels of the series Bhebb and 'Godric'. His theological works, 'The Magnificent Defeat' and 'The Hungering Dark', include his sermons. He has written four volumes of his memoirs — 'Holy Journey', 'Now and the Set', 'Telling the Secrets', and 'Eyes of the Heart'. The success of this myth brings him the ability to make faith and spiritual, interesting stories in modern myths, without much preaching. Many of his books deal with future challenges. He assures us that God will always be there to support and protect us.

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"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet."

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"Go where your best prayers take you."

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"Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's chalking."

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"The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you."

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"Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving."

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"Coincidences are God's way of getting our attention."

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"The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt."

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"It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle."

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"A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand."

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