• Buechner on the the Barely Hidden Splendor of God

    Lord, catch us off guard today. Surprise us with some moment of beauty or pain so that for at least a moment we may be startled into seeing that you are with us here in all your splendor, always and everywhere, barely hidden, beneath, beyond, within this life we breathe.

  • Buechner and Miracles

    "When you get right down to it, dear, you see, people don't want miracles." "But that's what they do want," I said. "Get the rumor started that a statue of the Virgin's nose has started to run, and within twenty-four hours people will be lined up six deep." Brownie said, "Little miracles, yes. People will flock to little ones like that the way they would flock to a magic show. But you take a real miracle, like resurrection — nobody wants those kind, dear, because they make it so you've got to believe whether you want to or not." "You're crazy," I said. "That's just the kind people do want."…