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About
Books
Bibliography
Non-fiction
Fiction
Memoirs
Themes
Overview
Listening to Your Life
Faith Despite Doubt
Hope Through Grace
Searching for Meaning
Our Shared Story
The Meaning of 'Christian'
Sinners as Saints
Resources
Overview
Weekly Sermon Illustrations
Quote of the Day
Life's Challenges
Searchers
Pastors
Seminaries
Christians
Media
Video
Audio
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Memes
Permission Request
The Buechner Review
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Jaclyn O'Riley
December 21, 2024

IF YOU LOSE YOURSELF in your work, you find who you are.

If you express the best you have in you in your work, it is more than just the best you have in you that you are expressing.

-Originally published in Whistling in the Dark and later in Beyond Words 


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