I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit… — 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
The vocation of pastor(s) has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans. — 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
The most important thing a pastor does is stand in a pulpit every Sunday and say, 'Let us worship God.' If that… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling.… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“New York: "I had only the vaguest of ideas of why I was there and certainly nothing that I would recognized as… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 26, "Emmaus Walks") "[our Quaker retreat leader} warned us against shortcuts [to solve the "badlands"]. he encouraged us to submit… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 20, "Bezalel") "We were getting it: worship was not so much what we did, but what we let God do… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
I get asked, 'What do you miss most about being a pastor?' I think it's the intimacy, the incredible gift of intimacy.… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 24, "Heather-scented Theology") "...I was more than ever what I had been becoming for a long time - a contemplative… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 16, "Catacombs Presbyterian Church"): "When is this going to happen? How long do we have to wait? When does construction… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“(from chapter 19, "Willi Ossa") "...when I did [become a pastor], I knew that it was a vocation, not a job. I… — 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
The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do… — 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
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
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
“(from chapter 20, "Bezalel") "Worship is an art, using the sensory to bring us into an awareness of and attentiveness to the… — 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
