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Frederick Buechner

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A conversation with Frederick Buechner in my quiet, snowbound house

A conversation with Frederick Buechner in my quiet, snowbound house

Wondrous things can happen at Christmastime. And so it was that I found myself in deep conversation with the late Frederick Buechner just before Christmas. I wrote it down, and as it's probably relevant for many of us, I'm sharing it.

A Word from Frederick Buechner

The world speaks of the holy in the only language it knows, which is a worldly language. * Frederick Buechner, A Room to Remember

Friday specials: Frederick Buechner, Bruce Cockburn, Paul Simon, Johnny Cash, "The Prestige"

My friend Julie Mullins has written a substantial article about Frederick Buechner's lastest collection, Secrets in the Dark, in the new issue of Image. I highly recommend you pick up a copy of both the book and the journal. Secrets begins with a meditation on the story of

Frederick Buechner

Frederick Buechner on the role of the religious

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

Frederick Buechner

Specials: GetReligion gets T Bone Burnett. D.C. gets Buechner.

A happy Saturday to you all. It's a happy Saturday here as I watch and wait for T Bone Burnett tickets to go on sale. If any of you hear about the Seattle show's ticket information, please let me know! MATTINGLY ON T-BONE BURNETT AND FAITH

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Frederick Buechner movie available

Looks like the film is finished. You can even watch the first fifteen minutes online. I've put in a request to learn more about it. Hopefully I'll be able to offer a review sometime this year. With Buechner as the subject, how could it be anything

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Buechner (2005)

[These comments were originally published in an installment of Film Forum column at Christianity Today in January 2005.] • Buechner ... is simply a conversation with the subject. If that's what you're looking for, you won't be disappointed. On the first day of the war in

Buechner on the foolishness of Christ

Buechner on the foolishness of Christ

Remember Obi-Wan Kenobi’s question: “Who is more foolish — the fool, or the fool who follows him?” I hear an echo of that when Frederick Buechner, in The Faces of Jesus, writes, If the world is sane, then Jesus is mad as a hatter and the Last Supper is the

Frederick Buechner - The Movie

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Frederick Buechner - The Movie

[2025 Update: This post is past its expiration date. Links to New Life Films no longer work. I’m keeping it for archival purposes.] Okay, chalk this up on the MUST-SEE MOVIES list... Great Laughter is a documentary about an essential Christian writer, Frederick Buechner. Click on the link above