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Eugene H. Peterson, Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers Quotes: Spontaneities offer one kind of pleasure and taste of sanctity, repetitions another equally pleasurable and holy.
         

Spontaneities offer one kind of pleasure and taste of sanctity, repetitions another equally pleasurable and holy.


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I had escaped the snare of certitude that I welcomed so avidly at first and entered, via the name of Jesus, the wide and comprehensive company of Jesus.

I had escaped the snare of certitude that I welcomed so avidly at first and entered, via the name of Jesus, the wide and comprehensive company of Jesus.



We learn the language of prayer by immersing ourselves in the language that God uses to reveal Himself to us.

We learn the language of prayer by immersing ourselves in the language that God uses to reveal Himself to us.



Apart from childhood and crisis, prayers have a way of being abstracted from the homely and distinctive details that are part and parcel of our ordinary and daily life.

Apart from childhood and crisis, prayers have a way of being abstracted from the homely and distinctive details that are part and parcel of our ordinary and daily life.





Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance.

Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance.



The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness.

The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness.



When it comes to doing something about what is wrong in the world, Jesus is best known for his fondness for the minute, the invisible, the quiet, the slow – yeast, salt, seeds, light. And manure.

When it comes to doing something about what is wrong in the world, Jesus is best known for his fondness for the minute, the invisible, the quiet, the slow – yeast, salt, seeds, light. And manure.



Money and machines anesthetize neediness. They put us in charge, in control. As long as the money holds out and the machines are in good repair, we don't need to pray.

Money and machines anesthetize neediness. They put us in charge, in control. As long as the money holds out and the machines are in good repair, we don't need to pray.





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