Frederick Buechner

In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.

In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a read more

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is read more

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.

According to Jesus, by far the most important thing about praying is to keep at it... Be importunate, Jesus says read more

According to Jesus, by far the most important thing about praying is to keep at it... Be importunate, Jesus says -- not, one assumes, because you have to beat a path to God's door before he'll open it, but because until you beat the path maybe there's no way of getting to your door.

Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst

Lust is the craving for salt of a man who is dying of thirst