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Mark Buchanan

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Mark Buchanan lives in Calgary, Alberta, with his wife, Cheryl. They have three adult children, Adam, Sarah, and Nicola. He was a longtime pastor, an author of many books, and now serves as a professor at Ambrose University College in Calgary.

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Shelter Me

As promised in last week’s post, I will share over the next few weeks excerpts from books I am currently writing.

This is from the opening chapter of Shelter Me, a novel, to use Netflix’s favorite claim/disclaimer, “based on true events.”

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These true events happened in and around several villages in southeast France during WWII. During the war, a cluster of small and mostly Protestant co

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	The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath 4.35 avg rating — 2,618 ratings — published 2006 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering the Wonder of a God You Can't Control 4.28 avg rating — 733 ratings — published 2001 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spiritual Rhythm: Being with Jesus Every Season of Your Soul 4.32 avg rating — 479 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Holy Wild: Trusting in the Character of God 4.15 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 2003 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Walk: Moving at the Speed of Your Soul 4.10 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Things Unseen: Living in Light of Forever 4.20 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2002 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden in Plain Sight: The Secret of More 4.01 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Church Is Too Safe: Why Following Christ Turns the World Upside-Down 4.29 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Four Best Places to Live: Discovering Worship, Prayer, Expectancy and Love 4.08 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	David: Rise (The David Trilogy #1) 4.29 avg rating — 45 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sins of the Fathers (Van Zale #2)

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An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their Forty-Year Peace Mission

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Digging In

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“Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest.”
― Mark Buchanan, The Holy Wild: Trusting in the Character of God

tags: rest, sabbath

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“Sometimes doubting is not a lack of faith, but an expression of it. Sometimes to doubt is to merely insist that God be taken seriously not frivolously, to insist that our faith is placed in and upheld by something other than seeming conjuring tricks.”
― Mark Buchanan, Your God Is Too Safe

tags: christianity, doubt, god

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“Unless and until we rest in God, we will never risk for God.”
― Mark Buchanan, The Holy Wild: Trusting in the Character of God

tags: peace-of-mind, rest

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