Language Quotes by Eugene H. Peterson

8 Language quotes by Eugene H. Peterson

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Eugene H. Peterson treats language as a conduit for faith and reflection. In eight brief quotes, he offers a modest yet resonant glimpse of his belief that words can nurture the soul.

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You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less…

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“All serious and good writing anticipates precisely this kind of reading-ruminative and leisurely, a dalliance with words in contrast to wolfing down…

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“(from chapter 29, "Write In a Book What You See") "heuristic writing - writing to explore and discover what I didn't know.…

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There is nothing terribly difficult in the Bible - at least in a technical way. The Bible is written in street language,…

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“The pastoral task with words is not communication but communion - the healing and restoration and creation of love relationships between God…

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We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us.

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“Language is not primarily informational but revelatory. The Holy Scriptures give witness to a living voice sounding variously as Father, Son and…

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“Reading is a gift, but only if the words are taken into the soul--eaten, chewed, gnawed, received in unhurried delight.”

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“Liturgy gathers the holy community as it reads the Holy Scriptures into the sweeping tidal rhythms of the church year in which the story…

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“The core message of the gospel is that God invades us with new life, but the setting for this is most often in the…

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“Liturgy puts us to work along with all the others who have been and are being put to work in the world by and…

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“At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep, For you, GOD, have put my life back together.”

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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…

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“When I look for help in developing my pastoral craft and nurturing my pastoral vocation, the one century that has the least to commend…

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Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin…

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The vocation of pastor(s) has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.

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Repentance is a realization that what God wants from you and what you want from God are not going to be achieved by doing…

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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…

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“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…

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You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true.

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“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…

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