The Rest of God by Mark Buchanan
Week 12: Review & Reflection — The Whole Journey
No new reading this week. Review your notes, journal entries, and any passages you marked throughout The Rest of God.
Previewing Week 12 of The Rest of God
Read 3 of 8 discussion questions below. Unlock the complete 12-week guide when you’re ready.
You have traveled through ten chapters of argument, story, Scripture, and invitation. Before you close the book, take time to look back at the whole journey — what has shifted, what has been confirmed, and what still needs to take root.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Looking across the entire book, which chapter or idea had the deepest impact on you — the one you find yourself still thinking about? What was it about that particular argument or image that got under your skin?
2.Buchanan's central diagnosis is that we have lost 'the rest of God' — that portion of God himself that can only be known in stillness. How has your understanding of what you've lost — and what is possible to recover — changed over the course of this study?
3.Which of Buchanan's concepts challenged you most: Sabbath as stopping, Sabbath as identity and freedom, Sabbath as holy leisure, Sabbath as sanctuary in time, or Sabbath as foretaste of heaven? What made it challenging?