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“The preaching is part of the reason I don't go to church. Plus, I don't know, it was never part of my tradition.”

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Frederick Buechner, born on July 11, 1926, is a renowned American writer. His works span across various genres including novels, essays, and plays, known for their profound religious and philosophical reflections. more

“What gets me back to church, I think, is thinking maybe this time that question "Is it true?" will be answered, not just in terms of somebody saying, "Yes, it's true," but something will happen in a sermon or maybe shuffling up to the Eucharist, or in the old lady who's sitting beside me with a Bible - maybe something will happen which will show me that it's true. So I go back thinking, maybe this time I'll be lucky.”

Thinking Shows Happens Term Church Lucky Sitting Show Me Sermons Eucharist Old Lady Saying Yes Shuffling

Author:Frederick Buechner

“My prayer is spasmodic, occasional, desperate. It has a great deal to do with my children's physical well-being - that when they're traveling in the air the plane not crash, things like that.”

Wells Children Prayer Deals Air Well Being Planes My Children Desperate Crash Occasional

Author:Frederick Buechner

“I pray for people I love when they are sick. I pray that way.”

People Way Praying Sick I Pray

Author:Frederick Buechner

“Prayers out of, very often, not the most religious part of me, but the most anxious part of me, the most desperately loving, fearing part of me.”

Religious Prayer Anxious

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“I'm a hopeless prayer. I think somewhere in there I spend a great deal of time at it.”

Thinking Deals Praying Hopeless

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“I say, “You may be right, but don’t knock it until you’re tried it. Don’t say, ‘I think it’s worthless; therefore I’m not going to spend any time looking into myself the way one who prays does.'” Maybe that’s an even worse mistake than praying might be.”

Way Doe Might Mistake Praying

Author:Frederick Buechner

“I was deeply influenced by an Episcopal laywoman named Agnes Sanford, who in her day was quite famous as a faith healer, which is a term I've always distrusted, because it conjures up charlatanry. She was not a charlatan. She was the real thing, and she had had remarkable healings.”

Real Term Healing Remarkable Real Things Healer Charlatans

Author:Frederick Buechner

“Pray anyway. Who knows what God can do through your prayer?”

Knows Can Do Prayer Praying Our Prayers

Author:Frederick Buechner

“If what makes you happy is going out and living it up and spending all your money on wine, women, and song, the world doesn't need that. But on the other hand, if you give your life to good works - you go and work in a leper colony and it doesn't make you happy - the chances are you're not doing it very well.”

Ifs World Needs Giving Wells Hands Song Chance Wine Spending Going Out Good Work Chances Are Make You Happy Colony Leper

Author:Frederick Buechner

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