Presbyterian Church (USA) pastor Eugene Peterson, 85, best known for authoring The Message Bible (@themessage), died Oct. 22, 2018, a week after entering hospice care for complications related to heart failure and dementia. Among his last words were, “Let’s go,” according to a statement from his family. Read more from CT and Religion News Service. Also see the news release on The Message website.

[Read The Message Bible paraphrase by Eugene H. Peterson on Bible Gateway]

Peterson served as the pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church for 29 years. He is the author of over 30 books, including

• The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language
• The Wisdom of Each Other
• A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
• Answering God: The Psalms as Tools for Prayer
• The Pastor: A Memoir
• Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology
• As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the Words of God.

His final book, Every Step an Arrival: A 90-Day Devotional for Exploring God’s Word (WaterBrook, 2018), was published in October 2018.

Hear an interview with Eugene Peterson on the NPR radio program On Being.

[Browse the many books and Bibles by Eugene Peterson]

       

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