RESOURCES
BOOK EXCERPT
Meditation is Different than Application
Excerpted from Meeting God in Scripture by Jan Johnson
BOOK REVIEW
A Burning in My Bones
by Winn Collier
In A Burning in My Bones, Winn Collier captures the generally circuitous path of Peterson’s life as a student, pastor, writer, teacher, husband and father. With gentle honesty Collier recounts the extraordinarily ordinary life of Eugene Peterson, including the mountaintops and valleys, both literal and figurative. Particularly enriching were Peterson’s personal journal entries woven into the story of his now-famed life: his very real struggles with relationships and notoriety and aging. I found my own struggles mirrored in some of his and I was encouraged.
While many biographies are a snapshot (perhaps with touch-ups), Collier’s creation is a slow motion picture, complete with popcorn and laughter and tears. I did not want it to end; my own faith journey is enriched by Collier’s truthful retelling of Peterson’s “long obedience.”
