The Longing for Home: Reflections at Midlife
by Frederick Buechner
On This Page
Description
In this deeply moving book of reflection and recollection, Frederick Buechner once again draws us into his deeply textured life and experience to illuminate our own understanding of home as both our place of origin and our ultimate destination. For Frederick Buechner, the meaning of home is twofold: the home we remember and the home we dream. As a word, it not only recalls the place that we grew up in and that had much to do with the people we eventually became, but also points ahead to the show more home that, in faith, we believe awaits us at life's end. Writing at the approach of his seventieth birthday, he describes, both in prose and in a group of poems, the one particular house that was most precious to him as a child, the books he read there, and the people he loved there. He speaks also of the lifelong search we are all engaged in to make a new home for ourselves and for our families, which is at the same time a search to find something like the wholeness and comfort of home with ourselves. As he turns his attention to our dreams of the heavenly home still to come, he sees it as both hallowing and fulfilling the charity and the peach of our original home. Writing with warmth, wisdom, and compelling eloquence, Frederick Buechner once again enables us to see more deeply into the secret places of our hearts. The Longing for Home will help to bring clarity and guidance to anyone who searches for meaning in a world that all too often seems meaningless. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Though not Buechner's best, he offers some thoughtful allusions and his voice is unmistakable. The book really doesn't have a theme that holds it together, but seems to be only a collection of essays, poems, sermons, and meditations that Buechner had been working on over a period of time.
A brilliant and moving collection of sermons which deepened my understanding of and appreciation for Christianity.
After getting ripped off by Barnes and Noble (I didn't realize it at the time, but some lawyer informed me that I was, in fact, ripped off) I was included in a settlement. As a result, I had a few pennies to rub together in my Barnes and Noble account. A good friend of mine, +Jonathan Roberts, had recommended that I read some Frederick Buechner. He said that he really enjoyed Buechner's work and that I would probably enjoy it too. I went ahead and purchased a couple of his nook-books and just finished reading The Longing for Home. I am glad that I did...
Read full review on my blog "We Talk of Holy Things" - http://jmnz.us/1v5I9V7
Read full review on my blog "We Talk of Holy Things" - http://jmnz.us/1v5I9V7
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
54+ Works 13,571 Members
Frederick Buechner is the author of more than thirty books and has been an important source of inspiration and learning for many readers. A prolific writer, Buechner's books have been translated into twenty-seven languages. He has been called a "major talent" by the New York Times and "one of our most original story-tellers" by USA Today. A show more finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Buechner has been awarded honorary degrees from institutions including Yale University and Virginia Theological Saminary. show less
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1996
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 270
- Popularity
- 119,239
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (4.20)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 3
