2014 Keynote Speaker
Rev. Eugene Peterson
Rev. Eugene Peterson is an American-born clergyman, scholar, author, and poet. In 1962, Peterson founded Christ Our King Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in Bel Air, MD, where he served for 29 years before retiring in 1991. He was professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia until retiring in 2006. Peterson is best known for The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language.
Education:
B.A. Philosophy, Seattle Pacific University
S.T.B., New York Theological Seminary
M.A. Semitic Languages, Johns Hopkins University
Publications:
Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ (2010)
Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and
Prayers (2008)
The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way (2007)
Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading (2006)
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology (2005)
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