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The Pastor
In The Pastor, author Eugene Peterson, translator of the multimillion-selling The Message, tells the story of how he started Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland and his gradual discovery of what it really means to be a pastor. Steering away from abstractions, Peterson challenges conventional wisdom regarding church marketing, mega pastors, and the church’s too-cozy relationship to American glitz and consumerism to present a simple, faith-based description of what being a minister means today. In the end, Peterson discovers that being a pastor boils down to “paying attention and calling attention to ‘what is going on now’ between men and women, with each other and with God.”
Subversive Spirituality
In Subversive Spirituality Peterson has gathered together a host of writings penned over the past twenty-five years that reflect on the overlooked facets of the spiritual life. Comprising occasional pieces, short biblical studies, poetry, pastoral readings, and interviews, this work captures the epiphanies of life with the pleasing pastoral style and inspiring depth of insight for which Peterson is well known. Peterson describes his book this way: "This gathering of articles and essays, poems and conversations, is a kind of kitchen midden of my noticings of the obvious in the course of living out the Christian life in the vocational context of pastor, writer, and professor. The randomness and repetitions and false starts are rough edges that I am leaving as is in the interests of honesty. Spirituality is not, by and large, smooth. I do hope, however, that these pieces will be found to be freshly phrased".
Working the Angles
American pastors, says Eugene Peterson, are abandoning their posts at an alarming rate. They are not leaving their churches and getting other jobs. Instead, they have become "a company of shopkeepers, and the shops they keep are churches." Pastors and the communities they serve have become preoccupied with image and standing, with administration, measurable success, sociological impact, and economic viability. In Working the Angles, Peterson calls the attention of his fellow pastors to three basic acts--which he sees as the three angles of a triangle--that are so critical to the pastoral ministry that they determine the shape of everything else. The acts--prayer, reading Scripture, and giving spiritual direction--are acts of attention to God in three different contexts: oneself, the community of faith, and another person. Only by being attentive to these three critical acts, says Peterson, can pastors fulfill their prime responsibility of keeping the religious community attentive to God. Written out of the author's own experience as pastor of a "single pastor church," this well-written, provocative book will be stimulating reading for lay Christians and pastors alike.
Summary of Eugene H. Peterson's A Long Obedience in the Same Direction
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The world is a difficult place for Christians to navigate. We are constantly being bombarded with temptations that come from the flesh, the world, and the devil. #2 The world’s way of life is difficult for a pastor to deal with. Everyone is in a hurry. They want shortcuts, and they are impatient for results. A pastor is not a tour guide. #3 The fifteen psalms that make up the Songs of Ascents were most likely sung by Hebrew pilgrims as they went up to Jerusalem to the great worship festivals. They were a way for the people to express the amazing grace and to quiet their anxious fears. #4 The Songs of Ascents are a collection of psalms that were used by the multitudes who said, Come, let's climb God's mountain, go to the House of the God of Jacob. He'll show us the way he works so we can live the way we're made.
Under the Unpredictable Plant
Like Eugene Peterson's other books on pastoring, Under the Unpredictable Plant is full of stimulating insights, candid observations, and biblically grounded prescriptions. Yet this book emanates with a special poignancy out of Peterson's own crisis experience as a pastor. Peterson tells about the "abyss," the "gaping crevasse," the "chasm" that he experienced, early in his ministry, between his Christian faith and his pastoral vocation. He was astonished and dismayed to find that his personal spirituality, his piety, was inadequate for his vocation -- and he argues that the same is true of pastors in general. In the book of Jonah -- a parable with a prayer at its center -- Peterson finds a subversive, captivating story that can help pastors recover their "vocational holiness." Using the Jonah story as a narrative structure, Peterson probes the spiritual dimensions of the pastoral calling and seeks to reclaim the ground taken over by those who are trying to enlist pastors in religious careers.
A Burning in My Bones
This essential authorized biography of Eugene Peterson offers unique insights into the experiences and spiritual convictions of the iconic American pastor and beloved translator of The Message. “In the time of a generation-wide breakdown in trust with leaders in every sphere of society, Eugene’s quiet life of deep integrity and gospel purpose is a bright light against a dark backdrop.”—John Mark Comer, author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry “This hunger for something radical—something so true that it burned in his bones—was a constant in Eugene’s life. His longing for God ignited a ferocity in his soul.” Encounter the multifaceted life of one of the most influential an...
Summary of Eugene H. Peterson's Still a PFC
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I graduated from South Shore high school in 1942. I joined the Marines in July 1942. The train ride to San Diego, California, was impressive. We passed under miles of the fake city above us, which was prepared for a Japanese attack. #2 I was among individuals ready to fight to defend Robert E. Lee. I was not prepared for the harshness of the Marine Corps boot camp, which involved endless marching, medical shots, and short periods of recreation called organized grab ass. #3 I had a difficult morning session with the base dentist, and I was eager to vent my anger on someone. I asked the Marine who had boxed me if he had any idea where Wetterquist had learned to box. He said he was the state of Illinois lightweight champ. #4 I learned to fire my 1903 Springfield Rifle Caliber 30 serial number 384384. The accuracy of this rifle was amazing. I could score possible at 500 yards in prone position.
