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More Quotes by Eugene H. Peterson
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
Sabbath is that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing.
My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.
That's the whole spiritual life. It's learning how to die. And as you learn how to die, you start losing all your illusions, and you start being capable now of true intimacy and love.
This kingdom of God life is not a matter of waking up each morning with a list of chores or an agenda to be tended to, left on our bedside table by the Holy Spirit for us while we slept. We wake up already immersed in a large story of creation and covenant, of Israel and Jesus, the story of Jesus and the stories that Jesus told. We let ourselves be formed by these formative stories, and especially as we listen to the stories that Jesus tells, get a feel for the way he does it, the way he talks, the way he treats people, the Jesus way.
The vocation of pastor has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.
We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us.
Sloth is most often evidenced in busyness ... in frantic running around, trying to be everything to everyone, and then having no time to listen or pray, no time to become the person who is doing these things.
When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.
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.
