Peterson on the institutional church

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” Eugene Peterson in Christianity Today: But many Christians would look at this church and say it's dead, merely an institutional expression of

Interview with Eugene Peterson

One of my favorite stories is of Teresa of Avila. She’s sitting in the kitchen with a roasted chicken. And she’s got it with both hands, and she’s gnawing on

Reflections on the residency so far

It’s been a good second residency so far, different from last year in a lot of ways. The highlight: seeing everyone again. There is wisdom in the cohort idea. You really do

Replica of Thoreau’s house, Walden Pond

When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the