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Title: The Sacred Journey : A Memoir of Early Days by Frederick Buechner ISBN: 0-06-061183-9 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 11 October, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: listen to your life
Comment: I have read The Magnificent Defeat, Godric and the meditation book, Listening to Your Life. I've read other books by Richard Rohr that have blown me away in how they've illuminated Christianity for me but I've never read anything quite so beautiful, so rich with humanity as this slim little volume.
It is rare that words fail me but it seems that anything I could say about this work wouldn't do it any justice at all. It's not about Christianity, it's about looking into your life, listening to all the strangeness, horror and wonder and perchance finding what God might be saying.
and still my words fail. Read this and take the journey yourself. You'll see what I mean.
Rating: 5
Summary: Honesty and courage
Comment: Do not be misled -- this first of Buechner's four autobiographical works is slim, but there is much to be found here -- much that will make the reader connect with the author and reflect on his or her own life.
A feeling of quiet comes over one during the reading. This is intensely personal, intensely honest writing. I was prompted to examine my own life as directly and intently, wondering why I had never done so before. Truthfully, wondering if I could.
Highly recommended, as are the works that follow.
Rating: 4
Summary: once below a time...
Comment: The mystery of our lives. The oddity of memory. The things that make us who we are. Frederick Buechner explores all of these topics in the first volume of his autobiographies, "The Sacred Journey."
Slowly--word by word and line by line, Buechner has won my respect as an author. How he unravels the story of his own life, how he makes the past breathe, gives it life...it has all combined to deepen my esteem for him. He is one of the greatest living authors.
Buechner's honest search for something universal in his story has captivated me. We all stand, in one way or another, in the shadows of our own lives. Alone, we cannot even comprehend the whole of our own journeys. The value of Buechner's excavation of his past is that when others view it, it may help them see the importance of their own journey.
In spite of the author's uncertainness about writing them, I have found Buechner's autobiographies to be of great value. I am thankful for the man's openness, courage and skill (they are fun to read).
I give "The Sacred Journey" my wholehearted recommendation.
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Title: Now and Then : A Memoir of Vocation by Frederick Buechner ISBN: 0060611820 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 11 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Telling Secrets by Frederick Buechner ISBN: 0060609362 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 08 May, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Eyes of the Heart : A Memoir of the Lost and Found by Frederick Buechner ISBN: 0062516396 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Listening to Your Life : Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner by Frederick Buechner ISBN: 0060698640 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 08 May, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Wishful Thinking : A Theological ABC by Frederick Buechner ISBN: 0060611391 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 24 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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