Quotemeal: Apr. 17th, 1958

Thursday, April 17, 1958

"It is not the objective proof of God's existence that we want but the experience of God's presence. That is the miracle we are really after, and that is also, I think, the miracle that we really get."
— Frederick Buechner

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Illustration of Frederick Buechner — "It is not the objective proof of God's existence that we want but the experience of God's presence. That is the miracle we are really after, and that is also, I think, the miracle that we really get."

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