Living the Message

Living the Message
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Living the Message : Daily Help For Living the God-Centered Life

Description of Living the Message:

As Eugene Peterson was writing The Message, his magnificent and popular translation of the Bible, he wanted readers to understand that forty years of Living the Message preceded the writing of it. The result is Living the Message, a unique daily reader that combines scriptural verses with Peterson's classic writings on the spiritual life. Here readers are offered a daily spiritual companion that brings God's message vividly to life. With a new foreword by the author, this classic devotional presents readers with the tools and insights they need to go beyond an ordinary faith. Peterson draws on his profound reflections on the Bible, prayer, and community to usher the reader on a path of discovering the relevancy of God's word to our everyday lives. From the author of nearly thirty books, Peterson's Living the Message weaves together insightful selections from some of his best works to produce a volume full of wisdom and hope. Reading this collection will endow your spiritual life with a new urgency and desire to live out your faith more fully.

Information on Living the Message from the publisher:

Now in hardcover with a new jacket updated to better match Eugene's bestselling contemporary Bible translation, The Message, and a new foreword by the author, Living the Message is an engaging yearlong reader with 366 selections from Peterson's lifetime of reflection on prayer, Scripture, spirituality, and community. For more than 35 years, beloved author, professor, and pastor Eugene Peterson has used his expertise in the original language of the Bible and his passion for God's word to re-create the informal, earthy immediacy of Scripture in expressive, contemporary English. Just as the writers of the New Testament used everyday language to convey God's message to their readers and listeners, Peterson's conversational translations and graceful insights into Christian life speak powerfully to the concerns of today's men and women and offer timeless wisdom for every day of the year.

Description of Eugene H. Peterson, author of Living the Message:

See God's Word through the eyes of one of the finest contemporary teachers and translators of the Bible. Janice Peterson offers an engaging yearlong reader of 366 "samplers" from her husband's writing---reflections on prayer, Scripture, spirituality, creativity, and community. A wonderful devotional companion for yourself or a friend. Includes source and title indexes. 400 pages, hardcover from HarperCollins.