BUECHNER'S UNIQUE LOOK AT FORGIVENESS
Frederick Buechner is a Presbyterian minister and an author, and he has delightful little book called The Alphabet of Grace. It is somewhat like a dictionary of terms that people of faith commonly use, only Mr. Buechner offers some very uncommon reflections on those terms. For example, there is what he says about forgiveness. He describes it as "an act of radical self-interest." Now, as I look at it, that’s a unique way of thinking about forgiveness.