Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then… — 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The vocation of pastor(s) has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.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
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
“And so Psalm 121 says no. It rejects a worship of nature, a religion of stars and flowers, a religion that makes… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“There are a thousand ways of being religious without submitting to Christ’s lordship, and people are practiced in most of them. We… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
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
“The cultivation of consumer spirituality is the antithesis of a sacrificial, "deny yourself" congregation.” — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
The religious leader is the most untrustworthy of leaders; in no other station do we have so many opportunities for pride, covetousness… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“When men and women get their hands on religion, one of the first things they often do is turn it into an… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“You seem disappointed that I am not more responsive to your interest in "spiritual direction". Actually, I am more than a little… — 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
“The assumption of spirituality is that always God is doing something before I know it. So the task is not to get… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Classically, there are three ways in which humans try to find transcendence--religious meaning--apart from God as revealed through the cross of Jesus:… — 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
That's the whole spiritual life. It's learning how to die. And as you learn how to die, you start losing all your… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“The power that the world acknowledges comes out of the mouth of a gun; the power that the person of faith respects… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
O God, when my faith gets overladen with dust, blow it clean with the wind of your Spirit. When my habits of… — 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
