Think of these pages as graffiti maybe, and where I have scratched up in a public place my longings and loves, my grievances and indecencies, be reminded in private of your own. In that way, at least, we can hold a kind of converse.
Frederick BuechnerLord, catch me off guard today. Surprise me with some moment of beauty or pain so that at least for the moment, I may be startled into seeing that you are here in all your splendor, always and everywhere, barely hidden, beneath, beyond, within this life I breathe.
Frederick BuechnerOne of the blunders religious people are particularly fond of making is the attempt to be more spiritual than God
Frederick BuechnerTo be bored is to turn a cold shoulder to engage all that God is and has for you in the moment.
Frederick Buechner