The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction by Eugene H. Peterson

The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction Reviews

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  Jacques Dumouchel

  If pastorship were to undergo a revamp, this would be it. Contemplative pastors are not what mainstream liberal and evangelical churches are looking for today. They search for their extrovert «Amercian Idol» pastors and so the circus goes. Contemplative,
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  John Morrison

  This a book it is what I expected
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  Aaron Korvemaker

  Peterson passionately, poetically, and graciously challenges the modern paradigm of pastoral ministry. Although written in the late 1980s, his message is perhaps even important in todays context. I was greatly challenged by Petersons emphasis on prayer
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  Kindle Customer

  This a must read for every Christian, not just pastors.
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  goodreads Customer

  POSITIVES If I had the opportunity to put together a small list of must have books for the libraries of Christian Leaders across the nation, this book would be on that list. It is wonderfully profound and simple at the same time. It reminds the pastor what
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  David R. Bess

  When I first started reading this book, I thought perhaps it was a waste of money. There was no meaty theological discussion, just basic, almost simplistic spirituality. Then it occurred to me that as pastors we tend to get so busy and so preoccupied with the
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  Brian G. Hedges

  The Contemplative Pastor the first book I have read by Eugene Peterson is a helpful study not in sermon preparation or church growth strategies or qualifications for eldership (the kind of stuff I usually read), but on the pastors heart and the pastoral art.
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  Bryan Lowe at [email protected]

  I like this book! Dr. Peterson has a special knack of putting the common into the light of the extraordinary and the extraordinary into the light of the common. His musings on the subversive pastor are worth the price of the book. I read and continue to re read