Frederick Buechner
Frederick Buechner (1926-present - pronounced BEEK-ner) is a Presbyterian theologian oft-quoted and oft-read at Jeff Street.
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Quotes:
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.
Vocation is where your deep gladness meets the world's deep need.
It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.
For more info on Buechner, click here.
Quotes:
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.
Vocation is where your deep gladness meets the world's deep need.
It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.
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