Eugene Peterson, author of ‘The Message’ and pastor to other pastors, dies at age 85
RNS Eugene Peterson, the best-selling author of The Message and longtime pastor praised as a “shepherd’s shepherd,” passed away Monday morning at age 85. Among Peterson’s last words were, “Let’s go,” according to a statement from his family. “During the previous days, it was apparent that he was navigating the thin and sacred space between earth and heaven,” […]
Eugene Peterson, pastor and author of ‘The Message’, is under hospice care
RNS Eugene Peterson, the bestselling author of The Message and longtime pastor praised as a “shepherd’s shepherd”, is moving into hospice and receiving palliative medical care. Peterson, 85, was hospitalised on Tuesday, 9th October, “when he took a sudden and dramatic turn in his health caused by an infection,” according to an email from his son Eric […]
Updated: ‘The Message’ author Eugene Peterson regrets saying he would officiate a same-sex wedding
Eugene Peterson, author of The Message, has said he regrets saying that he would officiate at a same-sex wedding if asked to do by a gay couple who were “Christians of good faith”. Religion News Service columnist Jonathan Merritt, who recorded the comments in an interview with the 84-year-old author and theologian, said that in […]
Eugene Peterson, author of ‘The Message’, reportedly says he’s changed his view on same-sex marriage
Eugene Peterson, the US-based author of The Message, reportedly says his view of same-sex marriage has changed and he would, if he was still pastoring and asked to do so by two gay Christians of good faith, perform a same-sex wedding ceremony. In an interview with Jonathan Merritt of Religion News Service, Peterson, when asked whether his […]