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Divine healing? Try it. Pray for it.
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner reflects on Jesus' many healings (e.g. Bartimaeus in Mark 10:46-42). He encourages praying for healing, and "if God doesn't seem to be giving you what you ask, maybe he's giving you something else."
Mark 10:46-52
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Jesus, Healing, Bartimaeus, Prayer
Jairus' Daughter
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner offers a sermon on the resurrection of Jairus' daughter from Mark 5:21-43. Jesus has the power to make those who live in darkness alive.
Mark 5:21-43
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Jairus, Life, Power Of Christ
Herod Antipas
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner reflects on the murder of John the Baptist by Herod Antipas (Mark 6:14-29) and Herod's encounter with Jesus before he was crucified (Luke 23:5-12).
Mark 6:14-29; Luke 23:5-12
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Fear, Friendship, Herod Antipas, John The Baptist
The Road Goes On
Frederick Buechner | Faith and Leadership
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
This sermon excerpt on John 14:6 by Frederick Buechner gives perspective on ministry, the heart, and how Christ is consistently present and can be trusted.
John 14:6
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Ministry, Heart, Trust, God's Presence
Feed my Sheep
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner says that Jesus' commission of Peter to feed his sheep (John 21:9-19) was Peter's final promotion: from fisher of fish to fisher of people to keeper of the keys to shepherd. 
John 21:9-19
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Love, Peter, Sheep, Shepherd
The Road Goes On
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner's commencement address on John 14:6 reflects on the ironies facing those called to be ministers and the grace that will be required to navigate them.
John 14:6
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Ministry, Trust, Grace, Pastoral Leadership
Deborah
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner reflects on Deborah's serving as a judge of Israel, commanding their army, and singing with Barak about their victory (Judges 4:1-7, 17-21, 5:7, 28, 31).
Judges 4:1-7, 17-21, 5:7, 28, 31
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Barak, Deborah, Jael, Prophet
Prayer
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner reflects on prayer from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 and several teachings of Jesus (Matthew 7:9-11; Mark 9:14-29; Luke 11:5-8, 18:1-8).
Matthew 7:9-11; Mark 9:14-29 Luke 11:5-8, 18:1-8
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Belief, Joy, Miracle, Perseverance
The Clown in the Belfry
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
This is a sermon on Psalm 23 by Frederick Buechner. He explores what is at the center of the psalmist's faith.
Psalm 23
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Faith, Sheep, Shepherd
Noah
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner reflects imaginatively on the experience and thinking of Noah after the flood was over (Genesis 9:8-17).
Genesis 9:8-17
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Covenant, Hope, Noah, Rainbow
Job
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner comments on the story of Job. Job never got an explanation for the losses he had suffered, and that did not matter, because he had experienced God directly.
Job 38:1-7, 34-41
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God's Will, God's Wisdom, God, Job
Christmas Itself Is By Grace
Frederick Buechner | Global Worship
Book Quote
Frederick Buechner's quote on the incarnation explores John 1:14, marveling that the stupendous miracle of it resists our efforts to domesticate it.
John 1:14
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Christmas, Grace, Incarnation, Salvation
Foolishness
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner reflects on the message of the cross (1 Corinthians 1:18-25), which seems like foolishness to the world but is the power of God for those who are being saved.
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
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Cross, Folly, Poverty, Weakness
On Preaching
Frederick Buechner | Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Article about Preaching
In this interview, writer and preacher Carl Frederick Buechner suggests that the key to preaching is listening and observing life deeply and religiously rather than living on auto-pilot.
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Religion, Spirituality, Piety, Devotion, Preaching, Christianity
The Two Battles
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner says that humans are engaged in two battles: competition with other people for success; and the struggle "to become whole and at peace inside our skins." The latter is the subject of Ephesians 6:10-18.
Ephesians 6:10-18
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Illustration, War, Armor, Devil
Examining Holy Week
Kim Lawton | Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Article about Scripture, Article about Theology
An interview by Kim Lawton with Frederick Buechner (1926-2022) where Buechner explores the irony of Palm Sunday, the mystery of the resurrection, and the role of suffering in the life of faith.
Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34 Luke 19:28-44, 22:41-44
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Faith, Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Suffering
Law and Love
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner says the essence of God's law (Psalm 1:2) is a description of the way things are: that whoever does not love abides in death (1 John 3:14). 
Psalm 1:2; 1 John 3:14
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Belief, Death, Law, Love
See Our Neighbors
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote
Frederick Buechner suggests that in order to obey God's command to love our neighbors as ourselves (Romans 13:8-10), it is necessary to see our neighbors, not just with physical vision but with imagination.
Romans 13:8-10
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Commandments, Imagination, Love, Neighbor
Nathan
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Frederick Buechner reflects on the prophet Nathan's confrontation of King David about his sin in having Uriah killed and taking his wife (2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a).
2 Samuel 11:26-27, 12:1-13
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Adultery, Bathsheba, David, Murder
Telling the Truth
David Lose | In the Meantime
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
David Lose writes about telling the truth in preaching, based on John 1:1-18. He shares a quote from Frederick Buechner on the gospel “fairy tale,” that is more true than our limited sense of reality.
John 1:1-18
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Darkness, Knowledge Of God, Light, Testimony
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