Product Description: Book by Peterson, Eugene H.

Product Description: Book by Peterson, Eugene H.

Product Description: For a culture so awash in fantasies of freedom, we are conspicuously lacking in the experience of freedom. In "Traveling Light," Eugene H. Peterson, who is translator of "The Message Bible," explores the free life in Christ that we must both receive as a gift and practice as a skill...read more

Any pastor who needs and wants to get back to basics will do well to absorb this book. Eugene Peterson, well known as "a pastor's pastor," here speaks words of wisdom and refreshment for pastors caught in the busyness of preaching, teaching, and "running the church." In The Contemplative Pastor Peterson highlights the often-overlooked essentials of ministry, first by redefining the meaning of pastor through three strengthening adjectives: unbusy, subversive, andapocalyptic. The main part of the book focuses on pastoral ministry and spiritual direction "between Sundays": these chapters begin with poetic reflections on the Beatitudes and then discuss such themes as curing souls, praying with eyes open, the language of prayer, the ministry of small talk, and sabbatical--all with engaging, illustrative anecdotes from Peterson's own experience. The book ends with several meaning-full poems that pivot on the incarnation, the doctrine closest to pastoral work. Entitled "The Word Made Fresh," this concluding section is a felicitous finale to Peterson's discerning, down-to-earth reflections on the art of pastoring.

Madeline L'Engle, William Griffin, Calvin Miller, and many other writers offer contemporary retellings of events in the life of Jesus to mark the year's progress and the passing of Lent, Easter, Advent, Christmas, and other important days and seasons.

Product Description: This is a bold book. It has to do with changing the life of American society, from the inside out, through "source action" of prayer. "I have written a book for Christians," says Eugene Peterson, "who want to do something about what is wrong with America and want to plunge into the center, not tinker at the edge...read more

Brings the life-changing power of the New Testament into modern language, using the contemporary communication style one would use when talking with friends, writing a letter, or discussing current affairs, but echoing the rhythm and idioms of the original Greek and Hebrew.

Product Description: The ancient hymns, poems, and prayers found in the Psalms teach us how to communicate with God. As Eugene Peterson writes, this book "gives us a language adequate for responding to the God who speaks to us."Translated directly from the original Hebrew, the Psalms come alive in the heart-stirring words of The Message...read more

Product Description: Like having a conversation with a dear friend, The Message New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs is presents God's Word in the language and rhythms of today.

Product Description: DISCOVER ANCIENT WISDOM YOU CAN USE IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE. In easy-to-understand, often surprising language, Eugene H. Peterson's Proverbs renders the colorful idioms and instructive intent of the book of Proverbs' original Hebrew in the rich and expressive English we use every day...read more

Product Description: The latest addition to the Message series is a translation of the idiom and intent of the original Hebrew into the rich and colorful English we use in our everyday speech. The wise words of Solomon are now accessible to modern generations, providing them