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In the beginning, we're told, was the word. Every once in a while someone shows up on the planet who is word-obsessed and word-gifted and the light and darkness get named again. In our day, that someone is Buechner.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
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