A Crazy, Holy Grace

The Healing Power of Pain and Memory

De: Frederick Buechner

Narrado por: Henry O. Arnold

When pain is real, why is God silent?

Frederick Buechner has grappled with the nature of pain, grief, and grace ever since his father committed suicide when Buechner was a young boy. He continued that search as a father when his daughter struggled with anorexia. In this essential collection of essays, including one never before published, Frederick Buechner finds that the God who might seem so silent is ever near. He writes about what it means to be a steward of our pain, and about this grace from God that seems arbitrary and yet draws us to his holiness and care. Finally he writes about the magic of memory and how it can close up the old wounds with the memories of past goodnesses and graces from God.

Here now are the best of Buechner’s writings on pain and loss, covering such topics as the power of hidden secrets, loss of a dearly beloved, letting go, resurrection from the ruins, peace, and listening for the quiet voice of God. And he reveals that pain and sorrow can be a treasure—an amazing grace.

Buechner says that loss will come to all of us, but he writes that we are not alone. Crazy and unreal as it may sometimes seem, God’s holy, healing grace is always present and available if we are still enough to receive it.

Buechner has a way with words

This is a compilation of prior works. I always find something that touches me in Buechner’s books.

Are you struggling with loss? Listen to this man

Frederick Buechner is an incredible writer and I'm so glad I found this Audible book when I did. Just four hours of pure God given comfort and love from someone I've never met. Such a generous writer too, holding nothing back from his own experience with grief and loss. For any West Wings fans out there maybe you remember the anecdote Leo told Josh about the man in the hole. Here is it again, with my deepest thanks to the author, Frederick Buechner, for being the friend I never knew.

"This guy's walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, 'Hey you. Can you help me out?' The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, 'Father, I'm down in this hole can you help me out?' The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a friend walks by, 'Hey, Joe, it's me can you help me out?' And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, 'Are you stupid? Now we're both down here.' The friend says, 'Yeah, but I've been down here before and I know the way out.'"
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This too shall pass

From the depths of the authors soul to the depths of our soul healing and transformation begins .

I loved this book

I listened to this several times, and I will listen some more. This is great for people recovering from pain of loss, as well as people suffering from various difficult situations in life.

very uplifting

This extremely well read anthology from Buechner is a thought provoking and very uplifting story his life and how he overcame the hardships he faced. I highly recommend it.