Eugene H. Peterson

• Overview
• Books
• Articles

Articles & Essays by Eugene H. Peterson

Book Excerpt from A Long Obedience in the Same Direction

Help from the Hills?

Published June, 1980 • Featured January 17, 2022

Eugene Peter­son exam­ines what Psalm 121 has to say about hard­ships in the lives of dis­ci­ples: ​“At no time is there the faintest sug­ges­tion that the life of faith exempts us from dif­fi­cul­ties. What it promis­es is preser­va­tion from all the evil in them.”

Book Excerpt from The Unnecessary Pastor

Renewing Our Most Basic Commitment

Published November, 1999 • Featured November 9, 2021

Mar­va Dawn and Eugene Peter­son present a counter-cul­tur­al call for pas­tors to hon­or their basic com­mit­ment as Chris­tians over and above pro­fes­sion­al reli­gious duties, and to embrace an iden­ti­ty as ​“unnec­es­sary” to unhealthy demands of cul­ture, ego, and con­gre­ga­tion­al ambitions.

Book Excerpt

Letter to a Young Pastor

Published June, 2020 • Featured February 10, 2021

“I won­der if one of the great­est things that a pas­tor can do,” writes Eugene Peter­son to his son Eric, ​“is to treat men and women with sim­ple dig­ni­ty.” This let­ter is one of many exchanged between father and son, two pas­tors work­ing out how to best care for the peo­ple of God.

Book Excerpt from The Jesus Way

Jesus: the Truth and the Way

Published February, 2007 • Featured October 24, 2018

“Jesus as the truth gets far more atten­tion than Jesus as the way.” Eugene Peter­son encour­ages us to pat­tern our­selves after the way of Jesus rather than the ways of the world.

Interview from Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places

The Re-emergence of Spiritual Theology

Featured February 23, 2017

Richard Fos­ter inter­views Eugene Peter­son about Peter­son­’s book Christ Plays in Ten Thou­sand Places. Enjoy this con­ver­sa­tion between two old friends.