Run with the Horses – The Quest for Life at Its Best - Eugene H. Peterson, Eric E. Peterson

Run with the Horses – The Quest for Life at Its Best

Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2022
IVP Formatio (Verlag)
978-1-5140-0616-0 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
How do we learn to risk, to trust, to pursue wholeness and excellence—to run with the horses and live life at its best? In a series of profound reflections on the life of Jeremiah the prophet, Eugene Peterson explores the heart of what it means to be fully and genuinely human. This commemorative edition includes a preface from Peterson's son.
In Jeremiah 12:5 God says to the prophet, "If you're worn out in this footrace with men, what makes you think you can race against horses?"
We all long to live life at its best—to fuse freedom and spontaneity with purpose and meaning. Why then do we often find our lives so humdrum, so unadventuresome, so routine? Or else so frantic, full of activity, but still devoid of fulfillment? How do we learn to risk, to trust, to pursue wholeness and excellence—to run with the horses instead of shuffling along with the crowd?
In a series of profound reflections on the life of Jeremiah the prophet, Eugene Peterson explores the heart of what it means to be fully and genuinely human. In his signature pastoral style, he invites readers to grasp the biblical truth that each person's story of faith is completely original. Peterson's writing is filled with humor and self-reflection, insight and wisdom, helping to set a course for others in the quest for life at its best.
This special commemorative edition includes a preface taken from Eric Peterson's homily at his father's memorial service.

Eugene H. Peterson (1932–2018) was a pastor, scholar, author, and poet. He wrote more than thirty books, including his widely acclaimed paraphrase of the Bible, The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, his memoir, The Pastor, and the bestselling spiritual formation classic A Long Obedience in the Same Direction. Peterson was founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland, where he served for twenty-nine years before retiring in 1991. With degrees from Seattle Pacific, New York Theological Seminary, and Johns Hopkins University, he served as professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia, until retiring in Lakeside, Montana, in 2006.

Commemorative Preface by Eric E. Peterson

Preface to the Second Edition

1. What Makes You Think You Can Race Against Horses?

2. Jeremiah

3. Before

4. I'm Only a Boy!

5. Don't for a Minute Believe the Lies

6. Go to the Potter's House

7. Pashur Whipped Jeremiah

8. This Ever Worsening Wound

9. Twenty-Three Years It's Been!

10. Get a Scroll and Write

11. The Recabite Community

12. To All the Exiles

13. Guard . . . King . . . Official

14. I Bought the Field at Anathoth

15. Regarding the Godless Nations

16. No One Will Escape the Doom

Notes

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 227 mm
Gewicht 260 g
Themenwelt Sonstiges Geschenkbücher
Religion / Theologie Christentum Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10 1-5140-0616-2 / 1514006162
ISBN-13 978-1-5140-0616-0 / 9781514006160
Zustand Neuware
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