Tag: eugene peterson
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Practice Resurrection
Practice Resurrection is the fifth and final installment of what Eugene Peterson calls his “conversations” in spiritual theology. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed each of the books in this series; it wouldn’t be strange to immediately revisit these books from the beginning. In this book Peterson takes a somewhat different approach from the previous four volumes. Rather…
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eugene peterson tells it slant
Eugene Peterson has been a favorite author for a few years now. Widely known for The Message translation of the Bible, my first exposure to the author and pastor came in grad school when we were assigned Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity. A few pages in and it became apparent that Peterson…
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the jesus way (3)
You may wish to read part one and part two of this review. This is the final part of this rambling review of Eugene Peterson’s The Jesus Way. I had to laugh while finishing the book when I saw that Peterson’s new book, Tell it Slant, had just been released. Apparently the author writes more…
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the jesus way (1)
Won and I met for burritos last week as we talked through the first four chapters of Eugene Peterson’s The Jesus Way. Those of you who have read Peterson know that it’s a good idea to read him slowly. Slowly because he wades into some deep waters. In The Jesus Way Peterson sets out to…
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the jesus way
This week I begin reading The Jesus Way by Eugene Peterson. My friend Won is also reading the book and we’ll meet a few time to talk about it. You may know of Peterson from his earthy translation of the Bible, The Message. The Jesus Way is the third book in his 5-part spiritual theology…
David W. Swanson 