Faith is stepping out into the unknown with nothing to guide us but a hand just beyond our grasp.
Frederick Buechner Quotes
Everybody prays whether [you think] of it as praying or not. The odd silence you fall into when something very beautiful is happening or something very good or very bad. The ah-h-h-h! that sometimes floats up out of you as out of a Fourth of July crowd when the sky-rocket bursts over the water. The stammer of pain at somebody else s pain. The stammer of joy at somebody else's joy. Whatever words or sounds you use for sighing with over your own life. These are all prayers in their way. These are all spoken not just to yourself but to something even more familiar than yourself and even more strange than the world.
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| Birth: | 11th July, 1926 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Author, Novelist, Theologian |
About
Carl Frederick Buechner was born in New York City, USA. He is an American ordained Presbyterian minister, novelist, theologian, and the author of more than thirty published books. His work encompasses different genres, including fiction, autobiography, essays, and sermons. He is best known for his works A Long Day's Dying. He has written several novels include: Godric, On the road with the archangel, and The Book of Bebb. His autobiographical works including The Sacred Journey, Now and Then, and Telling Secrets. He has written several books include: Listening to your life, Telling the truth, Secrets in the dark, Wishful thinking, Beyond Words, The hungering dark, Brendan, Whistling in the dark, and The Son of Laughter.
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