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Quotes to Ponder: Trinity and Gospel

Wes wrote 1 week ago: “It is the easiest thing in the world for us to use words as a kind of abstract truth or princ … more »

Tags: Doctrine of God, Quotes To Ponder

Wise Words for Today

Mick Turner wrote 1 week ago: Without wonder, we approach spiritual formation as a self-help project…..Unfortunately, we do … more »

Tags: Christianity, spiritual formation, Christian Mysticism, optimism, spirituality, Issues in Transformation, Wise Words for Today, Spiritual Quotations, Positive Living

Book Review: The Contemplative Pastor

gavmbree wrote 1 week ago: I read this book as part of my assignment for Pastoral Ministry: Local Church and College Campus at … more »

Tags: SEMINARY, Books, Reading, Book Review, Ministry, Pastors/Pastoring, Pastors

Evan Almighty, My Friend Dan and Eugene Peterson: redivivus

crookedshore wrote 1 week ago: I’m going to be off-line for an indeterminate period, laid up in the Mater Clinic in Dublin un … more »

Tags: formation, Reflection, Evan Almighty, spirituality

On the topic of big heads2 comments

thebrooks wrote 1 week ago: I got married yesterday. It was fantastic. Moved me beyond words. There were some minor glitches but … more »

Tags: Ecclesiology, Theology, church, contemplative, Ministry, Pastoral Ministry, rex stout

Quotes to Ponder: Meals and Spirituality

Wes wrote 2 weeks ago: Excerpts from Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: “Daily meals with family … more »

Tags: Food, Quotes To Ponder, spirituality

Eugene Peterson: Tell it Slant, pt 4 in the Conversations in Spiritual Theology

dangoldfinch wrote 3 weeks ago: Friends, I have made it no secret here that my favorite author, far and away, is Eugene Peterson. I … more »

Tags: Book Review, Books, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, eat this book, Reversed Thunder, Run with the Horses, Spiritual Theology, Tell it Slant

Quote to Ponder: The Story of Jesus

Wes wrote 1 month ago: “If we want to get the full impact of the story of Jesus and the way of Jesus, there is no sub … more »

Tags: Biblical Studies, Quotes To Ponder

I've been thinking about my work lately...2 comments

paulhill wrote 1 month ago: …and Eugene Peterson is the best guide that I can think of. He has been helping pastors think … more »

Tags: Books, from the sublime to the profane, peterson, under the unpredictable plant

Eugene Peterson on the Pastor and Reading Fiction

gavmbree wrote 1 month ago:   Here is an interesting interview with Eugene Peterson from a Writer’s Symposium in 2007. I … more »

Tags: Books, Fiction, Quote, Reading, SEMINARY, Pastors, Video

An Open Letter to J

queueball wrote 1 month ago: She is a friend of mine; I hope I am a friend to her.  We served together on the search committee b … more »

Tags: compassion, Culture, Discipleship, Ecclesiology, Elders, King Saul, senior pastor

Eat This Book

daveytalbot wrote 1 month ago: I finished a book yesterday. Peterson, translator of The Message, takes his guiding metaphor from R … more »

Tags: Dispatches from Washington, eat this book, Bible, the message, Bible Translation

Psalms and Sin

jamesbutler wrote 1 month ago: I’m reading a great book by Eugene Peterson, The Jesus Way. Peterson is a wordsmith and in his … more »

Tags: What We're Reading, What we're thinking about.., confession, Forgiveness, perfectionism, Sin

Reconstruction

gknipp wrote 1 month ago: Since writing is a process through which I think and develop ideas, I’m continuing to think ab … more »

Tags: Thoughts, Authority, Bible, Christian, language, spirituality, the message

Peterson on Prayer

paulhill wrote 1 month ago: Prayer is the most deeply human action in which we can engage. Behavior we have in common with the a … more »

Tags: Prayer, peterson, Pastoring

To Not Inhabit a Tiny World (Read Books)

longtheway wrote 1 month ago: I want to go to the library but I’m not sure what to read (or if I even want to go to the libr … more »

Tags: Life, Christianity, Vocation, Quotes, Books, CS Lewis, Religion, John Piper, clyde kilby

The More I know, the Less I want to Know

mijadedios wrote 1 month ago: Well, I had heard it before but when I heard it again I just had to check things out! A Well known P … more »

Tags: Apostasy, emergent church, end of days, End Times, Heresy, Light house trails research, the message, Bible Gateway, Lighthouse Trails Research

Long Obedience in an Instant Culture

The Beatnik Samurai wrote 2 months ago: I’m currently reading Eugene Peterson’s A Long Obedience in the Same Direction. I … more »

Tags: Books, Christianity, Faith, spirituality, Jesus, long obedience in the same direction

Christ Plays ... No. 34 comments

paulhill wrote 2 months ago: A few years ago, after preaching the first sermon in a series on Genesis, a woman approached me than … more »

Tags: Books, from the profane to the sublime, peterson, Wendell Berry, Christ Plays, Creation


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