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Harmony
“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” As with many aspects of grace, harmony had a special meaning to Frederick Buechner. In my life the equation often seems … Continue reading
Joy
In Wishful Thinking, Frederick Buechner wrote about joy: “In the Gospel of John, Jesus sums up pretty much everything by saying, ‘These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may … Continue reading
Three Ways of Remembering
Three Independence Days ago we all spent the day at Ossippee Lake with Jim’s sisters and their families, on Uncle Mike’s boat on a glorious but horrifically humid day, eating and quenching our thirst as only his family does. … Continue reading
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Tagged " Portuguese yearning, " Thomas Wolfe's "You Can't Take it With You, Frederick Buechner's "Wishful Thinking", grief, Jose Saramago's "The Elephant's Journey, Marilynne Robinson's "Housekeeping, nostalgic, pancreatic cancer, postaday, saudade, sehnsucht, tagaday, ways of remembering, Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic
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