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Eugene H. Peterson
Eugene H. Peterson taught spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia.
My father’s butcher shop: Lessons learned and unlearned
Working in the shop gave bone and muscle to my pastoral identity. But it also taught me to anesthetize anxiety with long hours, to work out of fear of failing.
Unplanned ministry: Being Jackson’s pastor
It is a huge irony that I ended up as pastor to so many recovering alcoholics. But recovering is the key word here.
Transparent lives
The slow but urgent work of contemplation
Missing ingredient: Why spirituality needs Jesus
The seething energies of spirituality are evident everywhere. That is good....
Wise teachers, sound teaching: Pastoral presence
In Ephesus, Timothy walked into a congregational mess with the mandate to straighten it out....
Steve Martin is a theologian
A few years ago I resigned as pastor of a congregation I had served for 29 years. It was a reluctant leave taking....
Birthing
No birth was ever celebrated enough. The miracle and mystery of life is too much for us to take in....
Holy drama
When I was an adolescent, one of the visions that filled my head with flash and color and glory was the French Revolution....
Congregation of coots
My study, where I read and write and pray, is set on a cliff overlooking a mountain lake. Each morning I sit at my window and watch the lake fill up with light. It is a quiet place and spacious....
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My first convert
I grew up in a Christian home with good parents. I was told the story of Jesus and instructed in the right way to live. I was loved and treated well....
Three Samaritans
Several years ago, when my wife and I were living in Pittsburgh for most of a year, we set out to attend worship in a church where a friend was the pastor....