What happens when we literally walk out our Christian life? We discover the joy of travelling at the speed of our soul.

We often act as if faith is only about the mind. But what about our bodies? What does our physical being have to do with our spiritual life? When the Bible exhorts us to walk in the light, or walk by faith, or walk in truth, it means these things literally as much as figuratively. The Christian faith always involves walking out, as again and again we find the holy in the ordinary.

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, and then he was off. The most obvious thing about Jesus’s method of discipleship, in fact, is that he walked and invited others to walk with him. Jesus is always “on the way,” “arriving,” “leaving,” “approaching,” “coming upon.” It’s in the walking that his disciples are taught, formed, tested, empowered, and released. 

Part theology, part history, part field guide, God Speed explores walking as spiritual formation, walking as healing, walking as exercise, walking as prayer, walking as pilgrimage, suffering, friendship, and attentiveness. It is a book about being alongside the God who, incarnate in Jesus, turns to us as he passes by–always on foot–and says simply, “Come, follow me.”

With practical insight and biblical reflections told in his distinct voice, Mark Buchanan provides specific walking exercises so you can immediately implement the practice of going “God speed.” Whether you are walking around the neighbourhood or hiking in the mountains, walking offers the potential to awaken your life with Christ as it revives body and soul.

Mark Buchanan began his career as a writer at age 12 - the year a remarkably creative grade 5 teacher awakened in him the possibilities of language and story. He eventually took a degree in writing, but that was simply to refine and hone what he felt compelled to do anyways, whether well or poorly, paid or unpaid, applauded or scorned.

He ended up, en-route to being a published author, a pastor and now a professor. Buchanan's eight plus books have so far all come out of that world.