November Prayers | "Prayers are tools...for being and becoming." Eugene Peterson
Greetings, friends.
Like many of you, the words and life of Eugene Peterson have helped expand my imagination of a life lived well through faith. Peterson, who died last month, taught us to 'live eucharist,' to embody in our fleshly, daily lives the love and artistry of Jesus. He wrote that "prayers are tools not for doing or getting but for being and becoming." And within those words is the call to indwell our prayers, to listen to the still voice of God. He had a habit of memorizing the psalms and poetry, to literally hold the words within his imagination.
How could our prayers transform us more into the likeness of the resurrected Christ? What habits might cultiviate a posture of listening and becoming, more than doing and getting?
Watch this short film with Eugene and Jan Peterson at their home in Montana.
GIVE THANKS WITH US FOR:
Our Capps Lecture with Jonathan Merritt.
A successful board retreat.
PLEASE PRAY WITH US FOR:
A dear friend whose father just committed suicide.
Jerry Capps, for physical healing and health.
Alison - for work on her dissertation.
Molly's dad as he struggles with a long term illness.
Our dear friend Ginny as she fights cancer.
Unspoken prayer requests