Buechner helps us pray for prisoners in 2026!
On this first day of the New Year, I’d like to share some thoughts about a small portion of a Frederick Buechner prayer that I believe focuses directly on the plight of prisoners. Buechner was an American author, Presbyterian minister, preacher, and theologian, and published 39 books. His career spanned more than six decades. He died in 2022 at the age of 96! Thanks to a special program that was offered, I receive a quote from this fine theologian and writer every day via email. One dispatch this week featured a prayer, and I posted it on Facebook as the perfect prayer for ending the year and starting the year. For those of you who have a relationship with a prisoner, or who are familiar with the multitude of issues that incarcerated men and women face, take a look at this phrase: THOU SON OF THE Most High, Prince of Peace, be born again into our world. Wherever…there is pain, wherever there is loneliness, wherever there is no hope, come, thou long-expect...