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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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- “I didn’t want anybody seeing my fire until I burned them with it.”Cameron Conaway
- “Dancing with heartbreak is the strangest thing. It's like playing with fire”you know you'll get burnt but you are still captivated by the flickering flame and the magnetic heat.
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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