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Category: Eugene H. Peterson

Eugene H. Peterson

Language is not primarily informational but revelatory. The Holy Scriptures give witness to a living voice sounding variously as Father, Son and Spirit, addressing us personally and involving us personally as participants. This text is not words to be studies in the quiet preserves of a library, but a voice to be believed and loved and adored in workplace and playground, on the streets and in the kitchen. Receptivity is required.

meditation, scripture

Eugene H. Peterson

But sooner or later we find that not everything is to our liking in this book. It starts out sweet to our taste; and then we find it doesn’t sit well with us at all, it becomes bitter in our stomachs. Finding ourselves in this book is most pleasant, flattering even, and then we find that the book is not written to flatter us, but to involve us in a reality, God’s reality, that doesn’t cater to our fantasies of ourselves.

meditation, obedience-to-god, scripture

Eugene H. Peterson

Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence. It is not what we have to acquire in order to experience life in Christ; it is what comes to us when we are walking in the way of faith and obedience.

faith, joy, life-in-christ, obedience

Eugene H. Peterson

Stories are verbal acts of hospitality.

Eugene H. Peterson

The only opportunity you will ever have to live by faith is in the circumstances you are provided this very day: this house you live in, this family you find yourself in, this job you have been given, the weather conditions that prevail at the …moment.

faith, life, run-with-the-horses

Eugene H. Peterson

The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God’s creative genius is endless.

faith, inspirational, run-with-the-horses, spiritual

Eugene H. Peterson

It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. It’s the very nature of wonder to catch us off guard, to circumvent expectations and assumptions. Wonder can’t be packaged, and it can’t be worked up. It requires some sense of being there and some sense of engagement.

faith, god, jesus, resurrection, spirituality

Eugene H. Peterson

The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with him.

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