All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust tha…

- Eugene H. Peterson

The word 'christian' means different things to different people. To one person it means a stiff, upright, inflexible way of life, colorless and unben…

- Eugene H. Peterson

Feelings are great liars. If Christians worshipped only when they felt like it, there would be precious little worship. We think that if we don’t fee…

- Eugene H. Peterson

Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.

- Eugene H. Peterson

If you don't take a Sabbath, something is wrong. You're doing too much, you're being too much in charge. You've got to quit, one day a week, and just…

- Eugene H. Peterson

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

- Eugene H. Peterson

The only opportunity you will ever have to live by faith is in the circumstances you are provided this very day: this house you live in, this family …

- Eugene H. Peterson

When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.

- Eugene H. Peterson

No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.

- Eugene H. Peterson