“Good poetry survives not when it is pretty or beautiful or nice but when it is true: accurate and honest.” SpiritualPoetryFaithHonestTruePoetic LifePoetic Journey Book:A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society Source: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
“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.” WaySpiritualLife IsJesusGoes OnTiredFollowingOne WayFedsSpiritual LifeSomething BetterFed UpFollowing Jesus Author:Eugene H. Peterson
“It is easier to find guides, someone to tell you what to do, than someone to be with you in a discerning, prayerful companionship as you work it out yourself. This is what spiritual direction is.” SpiritualEasierGuidesWorking ItCompanionshipDiscerningSpiritual DirectionPrayerful Author:Eugene H. Peterson
“Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all his brothers and sisters to share the find, Richard J. 'Foster has 'found' the spiritual disciplines that the modern world has stored away and forgot, and has excitedly called us to celebrate them. For they are, as he shows us, the instruments of joy, the way into mature Christian spirituality and abundant life.” WorldWayChildrenShowsChristianSpiritualJoySpiritualityFoundHouseShareModernBrotherDisciplineCallingInstrumentsTreasureCelebrateMatureDiscoveringExploringBrothers And SistersModern WorldRainyRainy DayTrunksAbundant LifeSpiritual DisciplinesAtticsOld Houses Author:Eugene H. Peterson
“We've all met a certain type of spiritual person. She's a wonderful person. She loves the Lord. She prays and reads the Bible all the time. But all she thinks about is herself. She's not a selfish person. But she's always at the center of everything she's doing.” ThinkingPersonsSpiritualCertainLordWonderfulTypePrayingMetsSelfishMinistrySelfish PersonWonderful Person Author:Eugene H. Peterson
“That's the whole spiritual life. It's learning how to die. And as you learn how to die, you start losing all your illusions, and you start being capable now of true intimacy and love.” WholeSpiritualDiesCapableLosingIllusionAnd LoveIntimacySpiritual LifeTrue Intimacy Author:Eugene H. Peterson
