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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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- “Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. I…”Frederick Buechner
- “Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in…”Frederick Buechner
Christianity: more sayings
- “If we seek the excellent knowledge of Christ Jesus, we shall be filled with fullness of God.”Lailah Gifty Akita
- “If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimi…”Albert Camus
- “The nature of God's plan can be difficult to fathom when you are toiling in some small corner of it, but it i…”Thomm Quackenbush
Belief: more sayings
- “The doctrine that future happiness depends upon belief is monstrous. It is the infamy of infamies. The notion…”Robert G. Ingersoll
- “The extra-ordinary secret to success is nothing but ordinary belief.”Auliq-Ice
- “I do, 'Merama,' Deven piped up. 'I know exactly what she means. We need to send them love and see them coming…”Marcha A. Fox
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Books by Frederick Buechner
The Storm
1998
The Eyes of the Heart
1999
Secrets in the Dark
2006
Telling Secrets
1992
The Faces of Jesus
2006