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23 quotes by Eugene H. Peterson

Eugene H. Peterson (born November 6, 1932), is a pastor, scholar, author, and poet. He has written over thirty books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (Navpress Publishing Group, 2002), an idiomatic translation of the original languages of the Bible.
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If you don't take a Sabbath, something is wrong. You're doing too much, you're being too much in charge. You've got to quit, one day... →

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If you keep the Sabbath, you start to see creation not as somewhere to get away from your ordinary life, but a place to frame an attentiveness to... →

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People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored.

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The most important thing a pastor does is stand in a pulpit every Sunday and say, 'Let us worship God.' If that ceases to be the primary... →

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One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

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If people don't know their pastor, it's easy to put the pastor on a pedestal and depersonalize him or her. It's also easy for pastors... →

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I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a... →

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American culture is probably the least Christian culture that we've ever had because it is so materialistic and it's so full of lies. The... →

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The minute the church and pastors start saying what do people want and then giving it to them, we betray our calling. We're called to have people... →

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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... →

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Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you... →

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The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not in the abstract.

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People learn to shop for churches; there is no loyalty to the church. They're consumers being attracted to one product or another. I think... →

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