Eugene H. Peterson – författare

A collection of Bible verses and meditations offering wisdom, inspiration, and enlightenment in your daily life.

For more than thirty-five years, beloved author, professor, and pastor Eugene Peterson has used his expertise in the original language of the Bible and his passion for God''s word to re-create the informal, earthy immediacy of Scripture in expressive, contemporary English. Just as the writers of the New Testament used everyday language to convey God''s message to their readers and listeners, Peterson''s conversational translations and graceful insights into Christian life speak powerfully to the concerns of today''s men and women and offer timeless wisdom for every day of the year.

“Eugene Peterson is . . . a profound and authoritative exponent of mature spiritual life as the Bible depicts it. Living the Message sets before us much of his piercing wisdom for our own very great benefit.” —J. I. Packer, author of Knowing God

A devotional prayer book focusing on one year with the Psalms, the most sensitive and honest words written about daily stress and daily blessings.

Prayer is both our most human action and our most human language. But, as with any other language, we may find ourselves clumsy and undisciplined in our attempts at it. Praying with the Psalms can help Christians become fluent in the language of prayer, encouraging us to pray even when we don’t feel like it, and to learn prayers that are both honest and right.

Based on the life and words of David, the Psalms provide insightful reflections on depression, anger, frustration, fear, and insecurity, as well as joy, exhilaration, triumph, and gladness. Praying with the Psalms offers daily readings to guide us in expressing to God the wide range of human emotions. Through this enriched communication with God, we are led to deeper understanding—and a truer following—of his will.

The Christian pastor, scholar and author of The Message guides you on a year of daily reading, reflection, and prayer with Jesus.

Chosen from the Gospels, these 365 readings encourage us to remove ourselves from our hectic, day-to-day pace and pray with the natural, comforting rhythms of Jesus’ own teachings. Each selection is accompanied by reflections and prayer from the theologian and Gold Medallion Book Award-winner Eugene Peterson. With the wisdom of the Gospels and Peterson''s inspiring insight, this volume will be a welcome companion for anyone who seeks a spiritual connection with Jesus.

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.”

An illuminating example of friendship as a vital way God answers our need for guidance, encouragement, affirmation, and correction.

Most of the time, what we need to help us through the struggles in our lives is not the advice of an expert but the wisdom of a friend. Through this series of eloquent letters written to a life-long friend, author Eugene Peterson demonstrates friendship as a means to Christian maturity.

The topics covered in this warm and highly personal correspondence are broad and varied, but one thing comes through with constancy and clarity: there is great value in a wise, experienced friend to help us see more clearly and to strengthen our growth in faith and godliness.