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I’ve found that one of the most helpful ways to approach Scripture for transformation is to utilize an ancient Christian discipline called lectio divina, which roughly means ‘spiritual reading’ in Latin. I’d like to encourage you to utilize this way of reading the Scripture as you spend time regularly with the Bible. Whether on your …
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It's no secret that I love the writings of Eugene Peterson. I was scouring through Christianity Today's web-site looking for an article on another topic altogether when I ran into this 1999 article by Eugene Peterson entitled "To the Suburban Churches of America." As a pastor of a basically suburban church, all that I can …
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I just found out that the latest installment of Eugene Peterson's series on spiritual theology has a publication date. Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers is set to hit the shelves on September 29, 2008. The title of this fourth book comes from a poem by …
There's nothing like finding one of my favorite contemporary authors commenting on one of my favorite authors from another era. I love the works of Eugene Peterson. His works on pastoral theology are outstanding, as have been the first three books of his new series on spiritual theology (see my comments on a few of …
It's no secret to anyone that I love U2 and that I love reading the works of Eugene Peterson, the author of The Message. Some folks may know that on recent U2 tours when Bono quotes from Scripture he has generally quoted from The Message paraphrase. In fact, at a celebration of the completion of …
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