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Spirituality is no different from what weve been doing for two thousand years just by going to church and receiving the sacraments, being baptized, learning to pray, and reading Scriptures rightly. Its just ordinary stuff.
Eugene H. Peterson
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Eugene H. Peterson
Age: 85 †
Born: 1932
Born: November 6
Died: 2018
Died: October 22
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We cannot be too careful about the words we use we start out using them and they end up using us.
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Neither the adventure of goodness nor the pursuit of righteousness gets headlines.
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