You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“All serious and good writing anticipates precisely this kind of reading-ruminative and leisurely, a dalliance with words in contrast to wolfing down… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 29, "Write In a Book What You See") "heuristic writing - writing to explore and discover what I didn't know.… — 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
“The pastoral task with words is not communication but communion - the healing and restoration and creation of love relationships between God… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us. — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Language is not primarily informational but revelatory. The Holy Scriptures give witness to a living voice sounding variously as Father, Son and… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Reading is a gift, but only if the words are taken into the soul--eaten, chewed, gnawed, received in unhurried delight.” — 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
