“God knows we have our own demons to be cast out, our own uncleanness to be cleansed. Neurotic anxiety happens to be my own particular demon, a floating sense of doom that has ruined many of what could have been, should have been, the happiest days of my life, and more than a few times in my life I have been raised from such ruins, which is another way of saying that more than a few times in my life I have been raised from death - death of the spirit anyway, death of the heart - by the healing power that Jesus calls us both to heal with and to be healed by.”

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About Frederick Buechner

American author, Presbyterian minister, preacher, and theologian

Frederick Buechner was an American author, Presbyterian minister, preacher, and theologian, active across more than six decades. He is known for fiction, memoir, and theological writing. He published thirty-nine books and worked in several genres. His novels include Godric, A Long Day's Dying, and The Book of Bebb. His memoirs include The Sacred Journey, and his theological works include Secrets in the Dark, The Magnificent Defeat, and Telling the Truth.

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The Storm

1998

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The Eyes of the Heart

1999

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Secrets in the Dark

2006

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Telling Secrets

1992

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The Faces of Jesus

2006

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