“Turn around and believe that the good news that we are loved is better than we ever dared hope, and that to believe in that good news, to live out of it and toward it, to be in love with that good news, is of all glad things in this world the gladdest thing of all. Amen, and come Lord Jesus.”

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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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Books by Frederick Buechner

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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