People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored. — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their present state they can stare… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly,… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
People learn to shop for churches; there is no loyalty to the church. They're consumers being attracted to one product or another.… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
The minute the church and pastors start saying what do people want and then giving it to them, we betray our calling.… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
There is nothing terribly difficult in the Bible - at least in a technical way. The Bible is written in street language,… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
If people don't know their pastor, it's easy to put the pastor on a pedestal and depersonalize him or her. It's also… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Too much of the world's happiness depends on taking from one to satisfy another. To increase my standard of living, someone in… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
The word 'christian' means different things to different people. To one person it means a stiff, upright, inflexible way of life, colorless… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
This kingdom of God life is not a matter of waking up each morning with a list of chores or an agenda… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Forget about deciding what’s right for each other. Here’s what you need to be concerned about: that you don’t get in the way of… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
“Liturgy gathers the holy community as it reads the Holy Scriptures into the sweeping tidal rhythms of the church year in which the story… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
“The core message of the gospel is that God invades us with new life, but the setting for this is most often in the… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
“Liturgy puts us to work along with all the others who have been and are being put to work in the world by and… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
“At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep, For you, GOD, have put my life back together.” — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
“When I look for help in developing my pastoral craft and nurturing my pastoral vocation, the one century that has the least to commend… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
The vocation of pastor(s) has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans. — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
Repentance is a realization that what God wants from you and what you want from God are not going to be achieved by doing… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
It's essential for us to develop an imagination that is participatory. Art is the primary way in which this happens. It's the primary way… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
“My uncle Ernie didn't believe in God. At least that's what he said. But he always Went to church on Christmas. Which I thought… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true. — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
“And the remainder of the Message details God’s intricate and loving plan to redeem, restore, and reconcile creation back to himself after what happened… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
