The examen is a form of personal inventory. At day’s end, spend time in prayerful reflection on your day: your comings and… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
And then God gave me insight: this was winter. It would end, in time, but not by my own doing. My responsibility… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
“In a culture where busyness is a fetish and stillness is laziness, rest is sloth. But without rest, we miss the rest of God:… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
Sabbath's golden rule: Cease from what is necessary. Embrace that which gives life. — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
“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… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
God gave us laughter, I think, as a balm to wash the wounds of our own blunders, as a splint to mend the bones… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
This is the love of God, an alchemy that can turn enemies into children. — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
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… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
“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… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
“There is too wide a gap, for most of us, between what we say and what we mean. Between our words and our thoughts.… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
Here lies the basic flaw of all doubt. It can never really be satisfied. No evidence is ever fully, finally enough. Doubt wants always… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
“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… — Mark Buchanan Copy Share Image
