Eugene H. Peterson Quotes

The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not in the abstract.

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• The mystery at the center of 'Burial Rites' is not who killed whom on the night of March 13, 1828. It is the mystery each of us encounters: Can we every truly know another? Can we ever truly know ourselves?

  

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• The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not in the abstract.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Role
  • Gospel
  • Individuals