Mark Buchanan: Acting on Your Convictions Even When You Fail, How Grief Shaped His Pastoral Heart & the Unlost Wonder of Scripture
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In today’s episode, Mark Buchanan joins Jason for a profoundly helpful conversation on pastoral ministry. Today Mark is helping shape the thinking and perspectives of tomorrow’s church leaders at Ambrose University in Calgary.
Though at this moment many look to Mark as a guide in Christian mysticism and thought, Mark starts by sharing that the first 20 some-odd years of his life were spent with no knowledge of the Christian God. He explains how Scripture was the one gateway to him coming to Christ, and that it left him trembling in awe and wonder. Incredibly enough, Mark does not seem to have lost that wonder, and so Jason asks him how to keep those embers aflame.
The conversation organically moves through topics like what needs to be foundational for young leaders to be faithful, how grief shaped a pastoral heart in Mark and how difficult it can be to pursue your convictions when you will inevitably fail to get it right. Through years of pastoring in the church, teaching on pastoral ministry in the classroom and walking trails with various church leaders each week, Mark proves to be a wellspring of gentle wisdom and insight to pastors of all ages today.
We hope you enjoy Jason’s conversation with Mark Buchanan.
“The Scriptures aren’t just trying to say something, they are trying to do something. Every Scripture is trying to re-architect who you are and how you think.”
Mark Buchanan
Mark is an author, Associate Professor of Theology at Ambrose University in Calgary, Alberta, and former pastor. His books include “God Walk: Moving at the Speed of Your Soul” and the ever-popular “The Rest of God.” He regularly contributes to the Leadership Journal and Christianity Today.
“My goal in life is to be a saint, but I often have to settle, simply, for not complaining while carrying out the trash or getting stuck in traffic. I take all the small victories I can get.”
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