Frederick Buechner's The Alphabet of Grace is a small but lyrical volume of essays that moves through a single day in three chapters. It is ...
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Jan 10, 2011
Seth
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I read The Alphabet of Grace by Frederick Buechner. This was a good read that looks at grace and love through the course of one day.
Buechner walks through a typical day in his life and unpacks how God's grace can be seen in even the smallest details. In his morning routine of waking up, getting breakfast ready, waking up his kids for school and heading out to work. He explains that even in waking up to a new morning, we receive God's grace so we can live a new day. This book is a good rem More...
Buechner walks through a typical day in his life and unpacks how God's grace can be seen in even the smallest details. In his morning routine of waking up, getting breakfast ready, waking up his kids for school and heading out to work. He explains that even in waking up to a new morning, we receive God's grace so we can live a new day. This book is a good rem More...
Mar 23, 2009
Matthew
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I enjoy writing that presents the reader with a stream of consciousness style of writing. This book does just that while taking a look into the heart of a man who learns to accept his life as an act of grace from God. This is a beautiful read that I will read and reread throughout my life.
Jul 27, 2010
David
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Buechner writes in a stream of consciousness style, going through his day from waking up to seeing his kids off to school to meeting a friend for lunch. Throughout these mundane, everyday things life is seen as a gift of grace. What I appreciate most about Buechner is that he does not come right out and say things in black and white, but drifts in his writing from place to place, sometimes with what appears no overarching point. This writing style reflects our lives and in this style itself,
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Dec 01, 2009
Mark
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This book made me want to write more than anything. Nothing about the book itself was exceedingly profound to me except for the writing itself. It made me want to write and to read more Buechner. It also made me consider the intersection of faith and art, which is my favorite place to be.
Jan 11, 2009
Lori
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this is one of my favorite books. every moment of life is sacred and right now is all we have. this book makes me examine the details, and makes me want to write more. i'd recommend this one to just about anyone.
Jan 02, 2011
Justin
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My faith life would look nothing like it does now, nor would I have the language by which to express it were it not for Buechner and collections like this.
Jul 30, 2011
poetic. the intro I loved. the rest was at times hard to follow but then I'd see where he was going.
Feb 18, 2010
Revcmeyer
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If you're looking for a very candid, personally touching understanding fo Christianity, start here.
Sep 21, 2007
this book is sort of about the depression of ordinary living. buechner is funny and kind. and the cover is so 80s-retro-cool. he recalls tolstoy's advice of what to do when you keep waking up day after day wondering who you are and what your place in things is: "live in the needs of the day." he gives the idea that nothing is as terrible as we think, yet probably as serious.
Dec 16, 2009
Landry
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This book celebrates The Divine in the smallest of things: the movement of trees, the space between letters in a word. It transcends theological and dogmatic boundaries and invites us all to rejoice in all that is God.
Jul 10, 2011
Carolynn
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This is one of only a handful of books I have read multiple types since I first read it in ninth grade. It has the feel of a long prose poem, especially the beginning of the book.
Aug 28, 2007
Erica
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Buechner is such a favorite -- so creative and thoughtful. A great source to get sermon juices flowing.
Dec 17, 2009
Elizabeth
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The second book I would take with me to a desert island (again, apologies to the Bible).
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