7/7/2025

I wish that I was wiser than I am.  I am grateful for the wisdom found in the Bible.  I am also grateful for the wisdom of spiritual guides like the theologian, Frederick Buechner, whose quotes inspire me to ponder more deeply the wonder of a Jesus-like faith.  Here are some of his sayings I’ve reflected on recently that I hope might inspire you as well.

-Michael

“Listen to your life.  See it for the fathomless mystery it is.  In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness:  touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.”

“The grace of God means something like:  Here is your life.  You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you.”

“Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs that the holy is drawing near.”

“Faith is stepping out into the unknown with nothing to guide us but a hand just beyond our grasp.”

“Wherever people love each other and are true to each other and take risks for each other, God is with them and for them and they are doing God’s will.”

“The world says, the more you take, the more you have.  Christ says, the more you give, the more you are.”

“We find by losing.  We hold fast by letting go.  We become something new by ceasing to be something old.”

“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

“You can’t be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he’ll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by.”

“Here is the world.  Beautiful and terrible things will happen.  Don’t be afraid.”

“Even the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength.”

“Resurrection means that the worst thing is never the last thing.”

“Go where your best prayers take you.”

“Coincidences are God’s way of getting our attention.”

“A Christian is one who points at Christ and says, ‘I can’t prove a thing, but there’s something about his eyes and his voice.  There’s something about the way he carries his head, his hands, the way he carries his cross—the way he carries me.’”