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The life of faith isn't meant for tourists. It's meant for pilgrims.
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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Stanwood
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No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.
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Pity is one of the noblest emotions available to human beings self-pity is possibly the most ignoble . . . . [It] is an incapacity, a crippling emotional disease that severely distorts our perception of reality . . . a narcotic that leaves its addicts wasted and derelict.
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It's essential for us to develop an imagination that is participatory. Art is the primary way in which this happens. It's the primary way in which we become what we see or hear.
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My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.
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The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God's creative genius is endless.
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I cannot fail to call the congregation to worship God, to listen to his Word, to offer themselves to God.
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