< p> Awry and thought-provoking jaunt through the spiritual terrain of our everyday language -- a lexion of uncommon insight to jar the mind and nourish the soul. < i> "I think of faith as a kind of whistling in the dark, because in much the same way,"< /i> writes Buechner, < i> "it helps to give us courage and to hold the shadows at bay."< /i> < /p>