Frederick Buechner on the role of the religious

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The Detroit Free Press hands the microphone to Frederick Buechner for a few typically powerful words from the heart.

"What we need to do as religious persons, I think, is we need to become tellers of holy secrets. ... I'm talking here about the deeper secrets in life that give us glimpses of a world beyond this world."