Best Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
- Pastors are highly susceptible to the sin of sloth. Highly
- Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no time to listen… Around Trying
- Love is not a word that describes my feelings; it is not a technique by which I fulfill my needs; it is not an ideal,… Abstract
- There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays. When… Chocolate
- Exile (being where we don't want to be with people we don't want to be with) forces a decision: Will I focus my attention on… Attention
- Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves. Actual
- Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite. Appetite
- A person has to get fed up with the ways of the world before he, before she acquires an appetite for the world of grace. Acquires
- The word 'christian' means different things to different people. To one person it means a stiff, upright, inflexible way of life, colorless and unbending. To… Adventure
- We've all met a certain type of spiritual person. She's a wonderful person. She loves the Lord. She prays and reads the Bible all the… All
- The Spirit works through community. Somebody will have a stupid, screwy idea. That's okay. The point of having creeds and confessions and traditions is to… Community
- People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored. Explored
- I cannot fail to call the congregation to worship God, to listen to his Word, to offer themselves to God. Call
- 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 verbal,… Answers
- People learn to shop for churches; there is no loyalty to the church. They're consumers being attracted to one product or another. I think it's… Attracted
- When you are part of a megachurch, you have no responsibility to anybody else. Anybody
- The minute the church and pastors start saying what do people want and then giving it to them, we betray our calling. We're called to… Betray
- This kingdom of God life is not a matter of waking up each morning with a list of chores or an agenda to be tended… Agenda
- I get asked, 'What do you miss most about being a pastor?' I think it's the intimacy, the incredible gift of intimacy. You go through… Asked
- GOD made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I got my act together, he gave me a fresh start.… Act
- Prayer gets us in on what God is doing. Funny
- That's the whole spiritual life. It's learning how to die. And as you learn how to die, you start losing all your illusions, and you… All
- That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and… Blue
- Pastors need to know what's going on in the world and what has been going on for 4,000 years. We need a way to read… Been
- American culture is probably the least Christian culture that we've ever had because it is so materialistic and it's so full of lies. The whole… Advertising