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portada Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness
Type
Physical Book
Year
1994
Language
English
Pages
206
Format
Paperback
Weight
0.65
ISBN
0802808484
ISBN13
9780802808486

Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness

Eugene H. Peterson (Author) · William B Eerdmans Publishing Co · Paperback

Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness - Eugene H. Peterson

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Synopsis "Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness "

Like Eugene Peterson's other books on pastoring, Under the Unpredictable Plant is full of stimulating insights, candid observations, and biblically grounded prescriptions. Yet this book emanates with a special poignancy out of Peterson's own crisis experience as a pastor. Peterson tells about the "abyss," the "gaping crevasse," the "chasm" that he experienced, early in his ministry, between his Christian faith and his pastoral vocation. He was astonished and dismayed to find that his personal spirituality, his piety, was inadequate for his vocation --and he argues that the same is true of pastors in general. In the book of Jonah-- a parable with a prayer at its center --Peterson finds a subversive, captivating story that can help pastors recover their "vocational holiness." Using the Jonah story as a narrative structure, Peterson probes the spiritual dimensions of the pastoral calling and seeks to reclaim the ground taken over by those who are trying to enlist pastors in religious careers. 'Eugene Peterson has done it again. Rare is the pastor who will not be moved by these thoughts. With honest, biblical eloquence, Peterson talks about what's needed to stay with pastoral ministry in ways that are both faithful and vital' - William H. Willimon
Eugene H. Peterson
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Eugene H. Peterson (1932–2018) fue un pastor, teólogo, escritor y profesor estadounidense reconocido por su enfoque cálido, pastoral y profundamente humano de la vida cristiana. Nacido en Washington y criado en Montana, creció en un entorno marcado por la fe sencilla de su madre pentecostal y el oficio de carnicero de su padre, experiencias que más tarde influyeron en su comprensión práctica y cercana del Evangelio.

Peterson estudió en Seattle Pacific University, el Seminario Teológico de Nueva York y la Universidad Johns Hopkins, donde combinó la formación pastoral con la académica. Durante casi treinta años fue pastor fundador de Christ Our King Presbyterian Church en Maryland, etapa que moldeó gran parte de su pensamiento espiritual y su compromiso con el acompañamiento personal de las comunidades de fe.

Es célebre por The Message, una paráfrasis contemporánea de la Biblia que buscó hacer el texto accesible, directo y comprensible para los lectores modernos. Además, escribió numerosas obras sobre espiritualidad, liderazgo pastoral y vida cristiana, entre ellas Un pastor según el corazón de Dios, Larga obediencia en la misma dirección y Compañeros en el camino.

Peterson fue apreciado por su lenguaje poético, su énfasis en la vida interior y su invitación constante a una fe vivida con autenticidad, lentitud y profundidad.
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