<, p align="left">, These powerful reflections on biblical themes by one of today's most popular religious writers point up the truth that the darkness of doubt is often necessary to provoke a hunger for God. <, i>, The Hungering Dark<, /i>, towers as one of Fredrick Buechner's best statements on contemporary belief challenged by doubt.<, /p>, <, p align="left">, Drawing on texts from the Old and New Testaments, <, i>, The Hungering Dark<, /i>, invites us to discover the hidden face of God, the manifestation of his grace, revealed in stillness, in unexpected places, often "through a glass, darkly." It invites us to say yes to "the possibility of God, " and to recover "this fantastic hope that the future belongs to God...that holiness will return to our world."<, /p>,