Quotes by Eugene H. Peterson, Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers

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Preaching reveals God in action here and now -- for ME. — Eugene H. Peterson, Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
There is nothing more common than for people who want to talk about God to lose interest in the people they are talking — Eugene H. Peterson, Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
We need alert listeners to give dignity to those stretches in our lives when we are not aware of participating in anythi — Eugene H. Peterson, Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
We do not become less needy, less dependent when we pray; we become more needy, more dependent, which is to say, more hu — Eugene H. Peterson, Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
Cross and resurrection are the South and North polls, true gospel polarities, of a single, undivided, salvation world. R — Eugene H. Peterson, Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
Without stories we end up with stereotypes -- a flat earth with flat cardboard figures that have no texture or depth, no — Eugene H. Peterson, Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
I have no interest in eliminating the tension between justice and forgiveness by taking justice off the table. Given the — Eugene H. Peterson, Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers