The Son of Laughter
A Christian, Historical, Christianity book. The Shield was another of the Fear's names. According to Laughter,...
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- Pages: 288 pages
- ISBN: 9780062501172 / 62501178
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The Shield was another of the Fear's names. According to Laughter, it means he shields the seed of Abraham the way a man starting a fire shields the flame. When Sarah was about to die childless, the Fear gave her a son. When Abraham was about to slaughter the son, the Fear gave him the ram. He is always shielding us like a guttering wick, Laughter said, because the fire he is trying to start with us is a fire that the whole world will live to warm its hands at. It is a fire in the dark that will light the whole world home. Frederick Buechner, The Son...
I first became acquainted with this book after reading an excerpt of it in another book, and decided then and there to read it. The Son of Laughter is a retelling of the story of Jacob (and by extension, Issac, Joseph, and even maybe Abraham) - his life, his family, and his encounters with God. Frederick Buechner is, first of all, a... I think that Buechner is an amazing author.While I was disappointed with THE STORM (and I realize that I'm in the minority on that), this book was quite exceptional. First, I didn't realize, before reading it, that it would be an historical fiction account of Jabob (of Jacob and Esau notariety). I have to admit that I might not have... He makes us promises about life. I do not know what he promises to the dead if he promises anything... He speaks to us sometimes in dreams that are like torches to light our way through the dark. He gives us daughters and sons so our seed may live after us and the promises he has made us may be kept to the worlds luck and blessing....
