We've all met a certain type of spiritual person. She's a wonderful person. She loves the Lord. She prays and reads the… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“An interest in souls divorced from an interest in Scripture leaves us without a text that shapes these souls. In the same… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“the Bible, all of it, is livable; it is the text for living our lives. It reveals a God-created, God-ordered, God-blessed world… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God's creative genius… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Pastors need to know what's going on in the world and what has been going on for 4,000 years. We need a… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Christians don't simply learn or study or use Scripture; we assimilate it, take it into our lives in such a way that… — 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
“Not that the study is not important. A Jewish rabbi I once studies with would often say, 'For us Jews studying the… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“What we are after is first noticing and then participating in the way the large world of the Bible absorbs the much… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
If we don't understand how metaphor works we will misunderstand most of what we read in the Bible. No matter how carefully… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Paul Ricoeur has wonderful counsel for people like us. Go ahead, he says, maintain and practice your hermaneutics of suspicion. It is… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“We are part of a holy community that for three thousand years and more has been formed inside and out by these… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“The task of liturgy is to order the life of the holy community following the text of Holy Scripture. It consists of… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Door: So spiritual direction is a slow process that looks idle and inefficient. Peterson: It's subversive. I'm a subversive, really. I gather… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 29, "Write in a Book What You See') "The phrase that gave us focus was 'a long obedience in the… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Liturgy puts us to work along with all the others who have been and are being put to work in the world… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Go figure out what this Scripture means: ‘I’m after mercy, not religion.’ I’m here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.” — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
If we get our information from the biblical material there is no doubt that the Christian life is a dancing, leaping, daring… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Isn't it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets? — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
The Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“No text can be understood out of its entire context. The most "entire" context is Jesus. Every biblical text must be read… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that Christians read Scripture repeatedly and carefully is to find out just how God works in Jesus Christ… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Isn't it odd that pastors, who are responsible for interpreting the Scriptures, so much of which come in the form of poetry… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep, For you, GOD, have put my life back together.” — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
The vocation of pastor(s) has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans. — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
