Time Quotes by Eugene H. Peterson

9 Time quotes by Eugene H. Peterson

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Eugene H. Peterson’s contemplative thoughts on time are distilled into nine succinct lines, each bearing his gentle, pastoral voice. This short collection offers a quick taste of how he frames temporality within faith.

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The hard work of sowing seed in what looks like perfectly empty earth has a time of harvest. All suffering, pain, emptiness,…

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The moment the organic unity of belief and behaviour is damaged in any way, we are incapable of living out the full…

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“Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one. Judgmental criticism of others is a well-known way…

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Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no…

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Sabbath is that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God…

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“Lamentations is insurance against premature comfort, against "healing the wounds of my people lightly" During the time of ruin there are always…

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“And so Psalm 121 says no. It rejects a worship of nature, a religion of stars and flowers, a religion that makes…

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“Sabbath is the time set aside to do nothing so that we can receive everything, to set aside our anxious attempts to…

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“(from chapter 24, "Heather-scented Theology") "...I was more than ever what I had been becoming for a long time - a contemplative…

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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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