Quotes by Eugene H. Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading

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Liturgy gathers the holy community as it reads the Holy Scriptures into the sweeping tidal rhythms of the church year in — Eugene H. Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
We are part of a holy community that for three thousand years and more has been formed inside and out by these words of — Eugene H. Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
Language is not primarily informational but revelatory. The Holy Scriptures give witness to a living voice sounding vari — Eugene H. Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
But sooner or later we find that not everything is to our liking in this book. It starts out sweet to our taste; and the — Eugene H. Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
Liturgy is the means that the church uses to keep baptized Christians in living touch with the entire living holy commun — Eugene H. Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
The task of liturgy is to order the life of the holy community following the text of Holy Scripture. It consists of two — Eugene H. Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
It is useful to reflect that the word 'liturgy' did not originate in church or worship settings. In the Greek world it r — Eugene H. Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
Liturgy puts us to work along with all the others who have been and are being put to work in the world by and with Jesus — Eugene H. Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
Paul Ricoeur has wonderful counsel for people like us. Go ahead, he says, maintain and practice your hermaneutics of sus — Eugene H. Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading