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Spiritual Rhythm: Being with Jesus Every Season of Your Soul Audiobook
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"Abide in me," Jesus tells us, "and you will bear much fruit." Yet too often we forget that fruit needs different seasons in order to grow. We measure our spiritual maturity by how much we do rather than how we are responding to our current spiritual season.
In Spiritual Rhythm, Mark Buchanan replaces our spirituality of busyness with a spirituality of abiding. Sometimes we are busy, sometimes still, sometimes pushing with all we've got, sometimes waiting. This model of the spiritual life measures and produces growth by asking: Are we living in rhythm with the season we are in?
With the lyrical writing for which he is known, Mark invites us to respond to every season of the heart, whether we are flourishing and fruitful, stark and dismal, or cool and windy. In comparing spiritual rhythms to the seasons of the year, he shows us what to expect from each season and how embracing the seasons causes our spiritual lives to prosper. As he draws on the powerful words of Scripture, Mark explores what activities are suitable or necessary in each season--and what activities are useless or even harmful in that season.
Throughout the book, Mark weaves together stories of young and old, men and women, families, couples, and individuals who are in or have been through a particular season of the heart. As Mark writes, "I pray that this book meets you in whatever season you're in, and prepares you for whatever seasons await. I pray that it helps you find your voice, your stride, your rhythm, in season or out. Mostly, I pray that you, with or without my help, find Christ wherever you are. And that, even more, you discover that wherever you are, he's found you."
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"Mark Buchanan is in the order of Brennan Manning. His writing is full of grace. There is richness and depth to his writing, and if you are in a winter season of your life, you will find encouragement through Buchanan's honest take on spiritual seasons."
— Mikkee (4 out of 5 stars)
Spiritual Rhythm Listener Reviews
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" Another home run by Mark Buchanan. Not as good as The Rest of God, but just as insightful, poetic, and brilliantly written. "
— Linda, 8/5/2013 -
" I throughly like this author and was challenged by this book "
— Michelle, 1/31/2013 -
" Wonderful book that looks at seasons of the soul and emphasizes a rhythm vs a view of balance. "
— Jim, 1/25/2013 -
" Wonderful book! How to worship and grow and walk with Jesus in every season! "
— Laura, 1/7/2013 -
" Another amazing read......realy helped me with identifying the season I was walking in with God! "
— Alaina, 10/24/2012 -
" Thoughtful. Good for self-reflection and encouragement. "
— Nyna, 12/9/2011 -
" This was an excellent book! Buchanan has a gift for poetic writing as well as deep spiritual insight. I actually took the time to read this throughout the course of a year, following the seasons. It is well worth savoring slowly. "
— Gregory, 9/1/2011 -
" Wonderful book that looks at seasons of the soul and emphasizes a rhythm vs a view of balance. "
— Jim, 5/20/2011
About Mark Buchanan
Maurice England moved to the Chicago area in the fall of 2006, after a twelve year run as a long-haul trucker, to continue the cultivation of his lifelong interest in the expressive arts and oral interpretation. A veteran audiophile, Maurice listened to well over one thousand audiobooks while on the road and fell in love with the genre. From his past experience in broadcasting, community theater, music performance, and ministry he saw narrating as a means to merge his love for books, ideas, learning, and spiritual evolution with his interest in artistic expression. While his narration experience has primarily been nonfiction, personal development, and spiritual-growth titles, Maurice anticipates using his authentically warm and folksy southern style to entertain and inspire through storytelling. Inspired most by the behind-the-scenes artists who engineer, direct, edit, and master the audiobook productions we hear, Maurice has become an absorbed student and participant in the process.
About Tom Casaletto
Tom Casaletto is an audiobook narrator whose readings include A Kingdom Called Desire by Rick McKinley, Spiritual Rhythm by Mark Buchanan, Night over Water by Ken Follett, and numerous others.