God created us in joy and created us for joy, and in the long run not all the darkness there is in… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“It is a world of magic and mystery, of deep darkness and flickering starlight. It is a world where terrible things happen… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
If we are a people who pray, darkness is apt to be a lot of what our prayers are about. If we… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
And there are other dangers potentially more dangerous than even nuclear war. There is AIDS. There is terrorism. There are drugs and… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
All other days have either disappeared into darkness and oblivion or not yet emerged from it. Today is the only day there… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
We cannot make the Kingdom of God happen, but we can put out leaves as it draws near. We can be kind… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“The house lights go off and the footlights come on. Even the chattiest stop chattering as they wait in darkness for the… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they will never… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
It is impossible to conceive how different things would have turned out if that birth had not happened whenever, wherever, however it didfor millions… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
At least to look back over their own lives, as I have looked back over mine, for certain themes and patterns and signals that… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Snobs are people who look down on other people, but that does not justify our looking down on them. Who can say what dark… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I could, of course, have done no more if no less than affiliated myself in one way or another with a particular church, could… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Even the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength. — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
A Christian isn't necessarily any nicer than anybody else, just better informed. — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“The things that the world fills time with are enough to turn the heart to stone, but the goodness of time itself is as… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness. — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but a the same time you carry them with you in… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell it. — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
