RIP Frederick Buechner.  We’ll miss your pithy words and your theological depth.  (Below are a few of the reasons why we’ll miss him so much.)

“Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.”

“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.”

“When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.”

“Go where your best prayers take you.”