ON HER DEATHBED, Gertrude Stein is said to have asked, 'What is the an…

Frederick Buechner
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ON HER DEATHBED, Gertrude Stein is said to have asked, 'What is the answer?' Then, after a long silence, 'What is the question?' Don't start looking in the Bible for the answers it gives. Start by listening for the questions it asks. ✨ Frederick Buechner (1973). Wishful thinking: a theological ABC., Harper San Francisco
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