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... →
Eugene H. Peterson
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.
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... →
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... →
I've known Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and they're two of the most independent people I've ever known in my life, and the thought we... →
Peter George Peterson
Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.
Roger Tory Peterson
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that... →
Petrarch
True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also... →
Yes, the experience of all stages of life are valuable, not just of youth.
Daniel Petrie
I decided if I couldn't be a writer, my life would be miserable. I had this imaginary room of references to all the books I had read, a kind of... →
Per Petterson