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

Frederick Buechner

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Frederick Buechner
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: July 11
Autobiographer
Novelist
Poet
Theologian
Writer
New York City
New York
Carl Frederick Buechner
World
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Christ
Give
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To believe in God is to give your heart to God.
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Vocation is the place where the world's greatest need and a person's greatest joy meet.
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Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom, the good thief said from his cross (Luke 23:42). There are perhaps no more human words in all of Scripture, no prayer we can pray so well.
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No words come easily to my lips. I think ultimately - what I like to think is that I'm in some sense hearing the mystery itself.
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If preachers decide to preach about hope, let them preach out of what they themselves hope for.
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If you are going to proclaim the Christian faith, speak about those dimensions of it which you['ve] had some experience with.
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The sacred moments, the moments of miracle, are often the everyday moments.
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Unbelief is as much of a choice as belief is. What makes it in many ways more appealing is that whereas to believe in something requires some measure of understanding and effort, not to believe doesn't require much of anything at all.
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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.
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Listen. Your life is happening. You are happening. Think back on your journey. The music of your life.
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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.
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