“If Holy Scripture is to be something other than mere gossip about God, it must be internalized.”
–Eugene Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2006), 20.
Entries Tagged as ‘Eugene Peterson’
July 21, 2009
“Scripture must be internalized” by Eugene Peterson
February 24, 2009
“The prophets and psalmists were all poets” by Eugene Peterson
“Is it not significant that the biblical prophets and psalmists were all poets? It is a continuing curiosity that so many pastors, whose work integrates the prophetic and psalmic (preaching and praying), are indifferent to poets. In reading poets, I find congenial allies in the world of words. In writing poems, I find myself practicing [...]
January 18, 2009
“The middle voice” by Eugene Peterson
“Prayer takes place in the middle voice.”
–Eugene H. Peterson, The Contemplative Pastor (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993), 104.
