Eugene H. Peterson
Eugene H. Peterson
Eugene H. Petersonis an American-born clergyman, scholar, author, and poet. He has written over thirty books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, a paraphrase of the Bible...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth6 November 1932
CountryUnited States of America
father squares heaven
Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. Set the world right; Do what's best - As above, so below. Keep us alive with three square meals. Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil. You're in charge!
christian church problem
There's nobody who doesn't have problems with the church, because there's sin in the church. But there's no other place to be a Christian except the church.
people mystery problem
People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored.
responsibility
When you are part of a megachurch, you have no responsibility to anybody else.
people way firsts
There is nothing terribly difficult in the Bible - at least in a technical way. The Bible is written in street language, common language. Most of it was oral and spoken to illiterate people. They were the first ones to receive it. So when we make everything academic, we lose something.
god lying silence
The silence that makes it possible to hear God speak also makes it possible for us to hear the world's words for what they really are - tinny and unconvincing lies.
blue nudge-nudge people
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 not see it, listen till they're blue in the face and not get it.
jesus expectations engagement
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.
art imagination way
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 in which we become what we see or hear.
funeral stories records
The Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we expected to find death. Everywhere it is the story of resurrection.
running trying lives-of-others
I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.
religious entrepreneur strategy
The vocation of pastor(s) has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.
faith religious pain
Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.
stories hospitality
Stories are verbal acts of hospitality.