The Hungering Dark,
by Frederick Buechner (Seabury Press, 1969)
Link to order online: http://www.tatteredcover.com/book/9780060611750
In 1979, when I was a student at Fuller Theological Seminary
in Pasadena, California, I literally stumbled on my first Frederick Buechner
book at the annual book sale in the library courtyard. In the midst of the
book-buying chaos, the book was bumped from its perch on one of the tables, and
onto my tanned and sandaled California beach toes. The book was The
Hungering Dark, and my foot (and, eventually, my mind and spirit) were
never so painfully grateful.
In The Hungering Dark, Buechner (pronounced BEEK-ner),
draws on texts from both Old and New Testaments to help us encounter the gracious,
sometimes hidden face of God in refreshingly honest ways.
One sample from chapter 2, Confusion of Face: “The voyage into the self is long and dark and
full of peril, but I believe that it is a voyage that all of us will have to
make before we are through. Either we climb down into the abyss willingly with
our eyes open, or we risk falling into it with our eyes closed.”
Author, Professor, Pulitzer Prize nominee, Poet, Philosopher,
and lover of Christ: Frederick Bueckner. Read Him. You’ll be grateful from your
head to your toes. Also, for a more personal sense of this extraordinary man,
view Walter Brueggemannʼs interview with Buechner here: http://www.frederickbuechner.com/content/walter-brueggemann-interviews-frederick-buechner
Enjoy!
