How Frederick Buechner Helped Me Understand My Calling

The pastor-writer who taught me that my gladness can serve the needs of others.

Now that he’s gone, I’m astonished to realize just how little I actually read by Frederick Buechner. None of his novels, bits and pieces of his memoirs, and a handful of his sermons. That’s it.

You wouldn’t think that would be enough to make a real impact on someone, any more than you would expect that a Presbyterian pastor educated at Union Seminary wou…