on being with eugene peterson (part 4): on prayer and the (dangerous) search for transcendence

part 1, part 2, and part 3 of my reflections on eugene peterson's interview on on being.

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on being with eugene peterson (part 3): on words

part 1, part 2 of this series on eugene peterson's interview on on being.

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on being with eugene peterson (part 2): on poetry

part 1 of this series on eugene peterson's interview on on being.

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on being with eugene peterson (part 1): the prophets were poets!

eugene peterson’s interview on on being was unreal. it’s one of the only episodes i’ve listened to twice. the first time through was just to take it all in and the second time i took copious notes. here begins the download of all the thoughts that deeply resonated with me from his talk. each of these thoughts could be it’s own entire post but let’s see how it goes…

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meditation is liberation... maybe?

at some point in the last 6-12 months, i heard, read, or saw the phrase/idea ā€œmeditation is liberation.ā€ and the explanation went on further… ā€œmeditation is not ā€˜like’ liberation, it does not prepare you for liberation; it is the actual experience of liberation. it is literal liberation.ā€

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