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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 address at a seminary commencement reflects on the foolishness, the faith, the grace, the truth, the trust involved in the journey of Christian ministry.
John 14:6
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Forgiveness, Trust, Grace, Power
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
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
Agape
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote
Frederick Buechner's quote on 1 Corinthians 13 observes that these most memorable words of Paul are intended to distinguish agape love from erotic love.
1 Corinthians 13
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Love, Gifts Of The Spirit, Life, Agape
Feed My Sheep
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote
Frederick Buechner reflects on Peter's career path "from fisher of fish to fisher of people to keeper of the keys to shepherd" and his last commission from Jesus to "feed my sheep" (John 21:9-19).
John 21:9-19
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Simon, Peter, Shepherd, Sheep
A Magnificent Defeat
Ronald Rolheiser | Grandin Media
Article about Theology
Ron Rolheiser shares Frederick Buechner's take on the story of Jacob's wrestling with the stranger (Genesis 32:24-32). In being defeated, Jacob finds the blessing of love, which can only be received as a gift.
Genesis 32:24-32
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Blessing, Stranger, Jacob (biblical Patriarch), Wrestling
Salvation
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
Frederick Buechner says that "to love God is to be saved." He compares losing one's life for Christ (John 12:24-25) to being in love: forgetting oneself, denying oneself, no longer being the center of one's universe.
John 12:24-25
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Lent, Love, Salvation, Self-denial
The Faith of Fools
Frederick Buechner | Re-Worship
Book Quote
In Frederick Buechner's reflection on 1 Corinthians 2:6-8, 3:18-19, Buechner points out the discontinuity between Jesus' values and those of the world, meaning that Jesus' followers will need to be "a little crazy too."
1 Corinthians 2:6-8, 3:18-19
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Discipleship, Love, Fool, Cross
The Sacred Journey: Once Beyond Time
Frederick Buechner | Duke University Chapel
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
In this audio sermon on Matthew 19:16-30, Carl Frederick Buechner reads from his memoir. Buechner describes how he came to be healed from the reality of his father's death through God's gift of holy grace.
Matthew 19:16-30
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Faith, Healing, Grace, Love
The Coming Day of Judgment
Frederick Buechner | Preaching Today Requires paid account
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Frederick Buechner meditates on the bad news and good news of the coming judgment. We will be judged, but the one who judges us will be Jesus, who bore our judgment on the cross.
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Death, Grace, Love, Judgment
The Salt of the Earth
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Frederick Buechner reflects on Matthew 5:13-14, suggesting the church is the salt of the earth when she shows the world what it means to be alive.
Matthew 5:13-14
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Sermon On The Mount, Healing, Love, Church
Three Important Things in Life
Frederick Buechner | Preaching Today Requires paid account
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Frederick Buechner recounts a story about Henry Adams telling his nephew that kindness is the most important thing in life.
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Love, Kindness, Mercy, Compassion
Loving God in the wilderness
Frederick Buechner | Princeton Theological Commons
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
In this audio sermon from Matthew 27:45-46, Frederick Buechner speaks of the challenges of loving God. "The one who commands us to love is also the one who empowers us to love."
Matthew 27:45-46
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Love, God, Commandments, Neighbor
Eternal Life
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Reflecting on John 3:13-17, Frederick Buechner sees eternal life as being with God as Christ is with God, and being with each other as Christ is with us.
John 3:13-17
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Eternal Life, God's Presence, Lent, Love
When God Seems Distant
Frederick Buechner | Preaching Today Requires paid account
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
In this sermon illustration for Psalm 10:1, 13:1-2, 22:1, or 79:5, Frederick Buechner demonstrates that since God's love extends to us even when we're unlovable, it is something to be remembered if God seems distant.
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Love, God's Love, Forsaking God, Illustration
Freedom
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Book Quote
Frederick Buechner reflects on the paradox of freedom in service to God (2 Corinthians 3:17). Obedience to God, to ultimate Love, leaves us "the freedom to be the best and gladdest" we are capable of.
2 Corinthians 3:17
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Transfiguration, Love, Obedience, Freedom
Love: Powerful and Powerless
Frederick Buechner | Preaching Today Requires paid account
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Quoting Frederick Beuchner on the topic of love, this sermon illustration explains how love is a power that is simultaneously the "powerful" force that breaks the human heart and a "powerless" activity that requires consent.
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Love, Weakness, Power, Heart
To Suffer in Love
Peter Wallace | Day1
Book Quote, Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Peter Wallace shares a book quote by Frederick Buechner, that illustrates 1 Peter 3:13-17. The scripture reading and book quote are about suffering out of love.
1 Peter 3:13-17
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Holiness, Love, Pain, Sacrifice
Salvation
Frederick Buechner | Day1
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
In this book excerpt, Frederick Buechner shares his thoughts on salvation. Salvation is an experience in which we lose ourselves yet feel more fully ourselves than usual. It may serve as an illustration for John...
John 12:24-25
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Experience, Love, Salvation
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