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> [“Winter's not for adding things but for cutting things. It's the best season, the safest one, actually, to look closely at all the tangled branches of your life - the travel, the committee work, the various projects, the hobbies that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/winter-s-not-for-adding-things-but-for-cutting-things-it-s-the-best/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

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## More by Mark Buchanan

> [“In a culture where busyness is a fetish and stillness is laziness, rest is sloth. But without rest, we miss the rest of God:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/in-a-culture-where-busyness-is-a-fetish-and-stillness-is-laziness/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [Once we begin to flee the things that threaten and burden us, there is no end to fleeing. God's solution is surprising. He offers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/once-we-begin-to-flee-the-things-that-threaten-and-burden-us-there-is/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [Sabbath's golden rule: Cease from what is necessary. Embrace that which gives life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/sabbath-s-golden-rule-cease-from-what-is-necessary-embrace-that-which/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [“One of the largest obstacles to true Sabbath-keeping is leisure. It is what cultural historian Witold Rybczynski calls “waiting for the weekend,” where we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/one-of-the-largest-obstacles-to-true-sabbath-keeping-is-leisure-it-is/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [God gave us laughter, I think, as a balm to wash the wounds of our own blunders, as a splint to mend the bones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/god-gave-us-laughter-i-think-as-a-balm-to-wash-the-wounds-of-our-own/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [All the wickedness in the world begins with an act of forgetting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/all-the-wickedness-in-the-world-begins-with-an-act-of-forgetting/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [This is the love of God, an alchemy that can turn enemies into children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/this-is-the-love-of-god-an-alchemy-that-can-turn-enemies-into-children/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [The examen is a form of personal inventory. At day’s end, spend time in prayerful reflection on your day: your comings and goings, routines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/the-examen-is-a-form-of-personal-inventory-at-day-s-end-spend-time-in/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [“That's how I read the Bible. There are more than sixty references in Scripture to celebration and all but one or two of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/that-s-how-i-read-the-bible-there-are-more-than-sixty-references-in/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [“There is too wide a gap, for most of us, between what we say and what we mean. Between our words and our thoughts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/there-is-too-wide-a-gap-for-most-of-us-between-what-we-say-and-what/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [Here lies the basic flaw of all doubt. It can never really be satisfied. No evidence is ever fully, finally enough. Doubt wants always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/here-lies-the-basic-flaw-of-all-doubt-it-can-never-really-be/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [“Forgiven people "prove" they're forgiven by walking in newness of life. They walk in the light, walk by faith, walk by the Spirit. Forgiveness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/forgiven-people-prove-they-re-forgiven-by-walking-in-newness-of-life/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [“Author wonders whether God's proclamation of His natural mastery when appearing to Job might be about restoring a sense of wonder to world-weary man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/author-wonders-whether-god-s-proclamation-of-his-natural-mastery-when/)

[mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [Busyness makes us stop caring about the things we care about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/busyness-makes-us-stop-caring-about-the-things-we-care-about/)

[Mark Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-buchanan/)

> [“Winter's not for adding things but for cutting things. It's the best season, the safest one, actually, to look closely at all the tangled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-buchanan/winter-s-not-for-adding-things-but-for-cutting-things-it-s-the-best/)

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