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Nineveh is here, now, present, a gift from God, not to be ridiculed and complained about. Eschatology is needed to bring a full gospel, and revelation of St. John the basis of the anthem we sing while patiently wait for the topsoil to stir, in God’s timing.

Just finished III on Jonah in prayer and the importance of being a contemplative vs. Contemporary pastor. The culture is so strong to be the latter, will this sabbatical be my askesis? But I can embrace the change that is coming now, irs my askesis. Lord, help me to desire you above all else!

Seminary keeps having me start more good books but not finish them lol

Sometimes we clarify a word or feeling, sometimes we identify and overlooked relationship, sometimes we help recover an essential piece of memory – but always we are dealing with what the risen Christ has already set in motion, already brought into being.-128

The storm either exposes the futility of our work (as in Jonah) or confirms it (as in Paul). In either case, the storm forces the awareness that God constitutes our work, and it disabuses us of any suggestion that in our work we can avoid or manipulate God. -72

It is both possible and common to develop deep personal pieties that coexist alongside vocational idolatries without anyone noticing anything amiss. -4

Rereading a classic… One of my favorite books on pastoral ministry.

Rereading

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As far as I know, I have read every other popular book by Eugene Peterson. I have been putting off reading this one for a long time because I don't want to be done. 

"Even a bare-bones human existence contains enough glory to stagger any one of us into bewildered awe."