BOOKS by Frederick Buechner

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1	Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist Views the Gospels as reflecting everyday reality in their record of human tragedy, the comedy of God's love, and the fairy tale of transformation and renewal. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $10.96! \| signed copies \| SVS
2	Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist This revised and expanded edition of one of Buechner's best-loved books completes the paperback publication--with Whistling in the Dark and Peculiar Treasures--of his classic lexical trilogy. A "beguiling" (Time) lexicon for the restless believer, the doubter, and all who love words--an innovative and witty look at the language of the human spirit ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.91! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons more books like this by Frederick Buechner, Brian D McLaren (Foreword by) add to wishlist This title includes a Foreword by Brian D. McLaren. The collection of Buechner's many sermons delivered throughout his lifetime is organized chronologically to reveal the development of his theology and thinking. Culled from great works such as: "The Magnificent Defeat", "The Clown in the Belfry", "A Room Called Remember", "The Hungering Dark", ... see all copies from $3.97! new only from $6.74! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Telling Secrets more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist Buechner explores the implications of his father's suicide on his own life and his relationship to his wife and children. He also acknowledges the healing power of facing up to tragedy, and the value of "telling secrets" as a way of coping with them. see all copies from $3.57! new only from $7.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Whistling in the Dark: An ABC Theologized more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist Buechner's witty and thoughtful lexicon includes his unconventional thoughts on subjects ranging from jogging to preaching. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Faces of Jesus: A Life Story more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist With timeless insight, this award-winning author retells the stories of the gospels and reminds readers that to see Jesus afresh is to be changed and challenged and to be put back on their feet. see all copies from $5.16! new only from $7.50! \| SVS
7	The Yellow Leaves: A Miscellany more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist In these original essays, short stories, and poems, the beloved Frederick Buechner reflects on the moments of transcendence in the midst of his daily existence. In a myriad of commonplace activities, he finds the presence of the divine, and he elegantly describes these persons, events, and observations, nimbly inviting readers into their realities ... see all copies from $7.41! new only from $10.80! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Magnificent Defeat more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist Meditations on key passages of the Old and New Testaments examine what it means to follow Christ, the lessons of Christmas and Easter, and the miracle of grace. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Peculiar Treasures: A Biblical Who's Who more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist Short, witty, and slightly quirky mini-essays on 125 Biblical characters. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist A celebrated author shares his personal and professional journey in this moving memoir. Buechner invites readers to listen to their own lives and "touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it". "Strikes to the heart. . . . Unpreachy meditations on life and Christianity at its most profound".--People Magazine. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner more books like this by Frederick Buechner, George Connor (Photographer) add to wishlist This collection offers a daily meditation from Buechner's writings over the last 30 years, and includes not only his sermons and other spiritual works but his novels as well. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.35! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Eyes of the Heart: A Memoir of the Lost and Found more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist Buechner writes about deaths in his family and among people he has known, including his father's suicide and the death of his friend the poet James Merrill, structuring his meditations on a tour of his own library. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Sacred Journey: A Memoir of Early Days more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist Buechner writes about his childhood and early life, emphasizing the tragedies and turmoil but also the strength he has always been able to draw from his religious faith. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Son of Laughter more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist A novel based on the Jacob narratives - a classic family saga. Frederick Buechner is the author of "Godric", "Listening to Your Life", and the lexical trilogy of "Whistling in the Dark, "Wishful Thinking" and "Peculiar Treasures". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Godric more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist A mock-biography of the English hermit and saint (1065-1170). see all copies from $3.50! new only from $8.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The alphabet of grace more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist A series of reflections that trace out the deepest mysteries of life in the course of a single day. "A book by an experienced writer, a novelist, a poet, a clergyman.... This is a small but beautiful whole, ordered by poetic structure."--Madeleine L' Engle see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions
17 view cover	A Room Called Remember: Uncollected Pieces more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist A collection of essays and sermons on the topics of faith, literature, and love in its various guises. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.93! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Brendan more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist Buechner writes about St. Brendan, the fifth-century Celtic mystic. Winner of the 1987 Christianity and Literature Book Award for Belles-Lettres. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Speak What We Feel: Not What We Ought to Say more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist Novelist Frederick Buechner also writes books on spirituality, and in SPEAK WHAT WE FEEL he attempts to integrate both of his interests by delving into the works and lives of four of his favorite writers: Gerard Manley Hopkins, Mark Twain, G.K. Chesterton, and William Shakespeare. Part biography and part literary criticism, Beuchner's book seeks ... see all copies from $3.94! new only from $7.19! \| first editions \| SVS
20	The Book of Bebb more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist This tetralogy is a saga about man's search for God. see all copies from $2.45! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Longing for Home: Reflections at Midlife more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist This collection of essays on the theme of "home" encompasses a variety of definitions of that central idea. Home, Buechner writes, can mean the presence of loved ones, encounters with nature, or faith in God. see all copies from $4.98! new only from $97.66! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Hungering Dark more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist Powerful reflections on biblical themes point up the truth that the darkness of doubt is sometimes necessary to provoke a hunger for God and help us discover God's grace. see all copies from $2.23! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23	The Sacred Journey more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
24	The Clown in the Belfry: Writings on Faith and Fiction more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist A collection of literary criticism, sermons, and biblical scholarship from Frederick Buechner, who, in addition to being a novelist, is a Presbyterian minister. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $88.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	On the Road with Archangel more books like this by Frederick Buechner add to wishlist Based on the Book of Tobit (8th century B.C.), this is the story of a gentle young boy, his dog, and the archangel Rafael as they set off on the road in search of a treasure. see all copies from $5.70! new only from $32.89! \| first editions

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