194: Jeff Munroe and Stewarding Your Pain

Jeff Munroe is Executive Vice President of Western Theological Seminary and author of the book Reading Buechner. Today, Jeff shares the story of the bad advice he received about emotions, how Frederick Buechner helped him fix it, and looks back at the providence of God in leading him to Western Theological Seminary. Along the way, we talk about Buechner’s work and how it applies to today. Jeff’s story reminds us that the Lord is always at work and he never wastes anything.

Listen to Jeff’s story now!

Stories Jeff shared:

Serving as an administrator at Western Theological Seminary
Growing up in a Christian family and being discipled in a Young Life style
His wife’s stroke one month before their wedding
Losing touch with his emotion based on bad advice
Discovering Frederick Buechner in a bookstore
What he things of the person who gave him bad advice
Finding peace with God through community
Leaving Young Life during a difficult season
Receiving a call to Western Theological Seminary
How speaking at a workshop about Buechner and being asked to write this book

Great quotes from Jeff:

We go to books and we want lots of different things. But we want books that change our lives. That’s what Buechner did for me.

Pain is a universal human experience.

I spend the whole week figuring out the ways I don’t believe in God and then the community calls be back every week.

Resources we mentioned:

Reading Buechner: Exploring the Work of a Master Memoirist, Novelist, Theologian, and Preacher by Jeff Monroe
Western Theological Seminary
The Clown in the Belfry: Writings on Faith and Fiction by Frederick Buechner

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