LIFESTORY: RICK CHRISTIAN LEAVES LITERARY AGENCY THAT TRANSFORMED US CHRISTIAN PUBLISHING
STEVE RABEY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how Rick Christian transformed the way Christian books are sold…
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 […]