I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Each one of us could describe his or her life as a sacred journey. You are journeying from the beginning to the… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Our stories are all stories of searching. We search for a good self to be and for good work to do. We… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints. — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
...words are in a way our godly sharing in the work of creation, and the speaking and writing of words is at… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
The trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
He [Jesus] speaks in parables, and though we have approached these parables reverentially all these many years and have heard them expounded… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
The world speaks of holy things in the only language it knows, which is worldly language. — 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
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