A MONTH OF SUNDAYS

Drawn from Peterson's own sermons and reflections from the gospels, this collection is mined from his twenty-nine years at Christ Our King Presbyterian Church.

Eugene Peterson was quite concerned about the language we use between Sundays. He insisted on a continuity of language between the words we use in Bible studies and the words we use when we are out, for example, fishing for rainbow trout. His was a constant urging “to counter the reduction of language to godtalk – language that is severed from a God-created and God-saved world, language that is depersonalized and functionalized. The dreaded “godtalk.” Lucky for us, Reverend Peterson led by example not simply between Sundays but on Sundays, too, in his preaching. A Month of Sundays is a Sunday sermon or homily or message, for every day of the month, drawn from the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that give us snapshots of the earthly life and ministry of Jesus. Dig deep into Eugene Peterson's thoughts regarding select passages, where he brought clarity and wisdom in his distinctive style of earthy spirituality.

Eugene H. Peterson, translator of The Message Bible, authored more than thirty books, including the spiritual classics Run with the Horses and A Long Obedience in the Same Direction. He earned a degree in philosophy from Seattle Pacific University, a graduate degree in theology from New York Theological Seminary, and a master's degree in Semitic languages from John Hopkins University. He also received several honorary doctoral degrees. He was founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland, where he and his wife, Jan, served for twenty-nine years. Peterson held the title of professor emeritus of spiritual theology at Regent College, British Columbia from 1998 until his death in 2018.