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    Holy Luck
    Holy Luck
    Holy Luck
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    Holy Luck

    By Eugene H. Peterson

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    Throughout his many years of pastoral ministry, almost everything Eugene Peterson has done -- preaching, teaching, praying, counseling, writing -- has involved words. To keep himself attuned to the power of words and to help himself use language with precision and imagination, Peterson both reads and writes poetry.

    Holy Luck presents, in one luminous volume, seventy poems by Peterson, most of them not previously published. Speaking to various aspects of “Kingdom of God” living, these poems are arranged in three sets:

    Holy Luck -- poems arising out of the Beatitudes
    The Rustling Grass -- poems opening up invisible Kingdom realities through particular created things
    Smooth Stones -- occasional poems about discovering significance in every detail encountered while following Jesus


    Echoing the language of Peterson’s popular Bible translation, The Message, the poems in Holy Luck are well suited for devotional purposes. An ideal gift item, this volume is one that readers will look to again and again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEerdmans
    Release dateOct 10, 2013
    ISBN9781467465953
    Holy Luck
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    Eugene H. Peterson

    Eugene H. Peterson (1932–2018) was a longtime pastor and professor of spiritual theology at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia. His many acclaimed books include Tell It Slant, The Jesus Way, Eat This Book, and the contemporary translation of the Bible titled The Message.

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