The name Frederick Buechner sounded
familiar, but I didn’t know from where (and I still don’t) so when I got an
email asking if I would like HandleBar to send me a copy of his Book A Crazy, Holy Grace: The Healing Power of
Pain and Memory, (Zondervan, 2017) in exchange for a review, I gladly said
‘yes’. I’m certainly not disappointed.
This is a short easy to read book,
that has to be read more than once. Perhaps easy to read is misleading. It
flows, short anecdotal accounts of things that matter in his life. But there
are so many different layers that are only uncovered after a 2nd or
3rd rereading. You pick how
you want to read it: as a devotional, as a Readers
Digest ™
collection of stories, as a collection of theological essays, or as a starting
point for you to get honest about your own pain, your own memories, and your
own pathway to healing.
And let’s be honest: we all
struggle with pain. And further honesty
means we have to admit that we all have those memories. But pain and memories
don’t have to define us. In the midst of darkness, we can still find hope and
healing thanks to that “crazy, holy, grace”. Buechner shows us that there is a
path up, and remembering the past is often a good way to get started on that
path.
5/5
I received a copy of this book from
Handlebar in exchange for my review
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