A Room Called Remember - by Frederick Buechner (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"A Room Called Remember" brings together some of Buechner's finest writings on faith, love, and the power of words in the form of essays, addresses, and sermons. Here Buechner explores autobiography as theology, offers exhilarating reflections on biblical passages, and leads us into the "room called Remember, " that "still room within us all where the past lives on as part of the present, ...where with patience, with clarity, with quietness of heart, we remember consciously to remember the lives we have lived."

From the Back Cover

A Room Called Remember brings together some of Buechner's finest writings on faith, love, and the power of words in the form of essays, addresses, and sermons. Here Buechner explores autobiography as theology, offers exhilarating reflections on biblical passages, and leads us into the "room called Remember," that "still room within us all where the past lives on as part of the present, ...where with patience, with clarity, with quietness of heart, we remember consciously to remember the lives we have lived."

Review Quotes

"[Buechner is] one of our most original storytellers...[His] reader...feels as if he is being addressed in an extraordinarily personal way. Intimate, dignified and wryly humorous, Buechner's voice turns us into listeners." - USA Today

"No one is better than Buechner at intertwining the stuff of faith, the gritty details of life 'in the real world, ' and the witness of personal quest." - Presbyterian Survey

"[Buechner's] magnificent command of the English language will enlighten and enthrall." - Bookstore Journal Bookstore Journal