5 Minutes with Eugene Peterson
How did you know that God wanted you to take on this large project of writing The Message? How did He speak to you?
Eugene: I had no idea that it was a "large project" when I took it on. For a year or so, my wife and I had a gathering sense that we were, after nearly 30 years there, to leave our congregation, but with no clear knowledge of what we were to do next.
A few months after we made the decision to leave, the invitation came from NavPress to do this work. We both felt a strong sense of the Spirit's confirmation, that this was the next thing, that this was a natural continuation of the pastor/writing work in which we had been immersed for so many years in our congregation and community.