“Experience and His Word reminded me that grief has a course, like a rambling river carving a path and ever so slightly altering earth on its way. Surrender will come, but tears are to carve a way. . . . I thought it was grief that was wearying, but grief was the beginning of a […]
“Eugene Peterson wrote so beautifully that the aim of the person of faith is . . . to live as deeply and thoroughly as possible — to deal with the reality of life, discover truth, create beauty, act out love.’ Yes, this is living. This is the redemptive work of God through us on earth. […]
“The central reality for Christians is the personal, unalterable, persevering commitment God makes to us. Perseverance is not the result of our determination, it is the result of God’s faithfulness. We survive in the way of faith not because we have extraordinary stamina but because God is righteous, because God sticks with us.”- Eugene Peterson, […]