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 As we continue to look at Eugene Peterson's "Conversation in Spiritual Theology" we find the second volume takes a very practical swing. Eat This Book is a discussion on how to read the Bible. Not a "this it how it needs to be done" book, but an invintation to participate in the narrative of scripture.
For those who do not read the bible, for those who struggle with understanding the bible and for those who think they have the bible figured out (read p. 65), Eat This Book will intice you to break open the cover, bring insight to understanding scripture and give you a fresh perspective on approaching the Bible. Peterson in "Eat This Book" knows his audience!
After spending some time in explaining an approach to UNDERSTANDING scripture, Peterson then gives the reader different ways of READING scripture. Lectio divina (divine reading), meditatio (memorization), and oratio (speaking) scripture are all ways we can put into practice reading the Bible. His commentary on the subjects are short yet very insightful.
Peterson does not stray from his pastoral approach he takes in all of his writings. His gentleness and understanding as a pastor comes through clearly in this book. He guides the reader to a place where the bible wants to, and needs to be read.
Peterson writes:
When we submit our lives to what we read in Scripture, we find that we are not being led to see God in our stories but our stories in God's. God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves (p. 44)
Words only Eugene Peterson can get across so brilliantly.
Eat This Book is not a long book, but it contains enough wisdom to fill a library. Enjoy it.
You can order it here: http://www.amazon.ca/Eat-This-Book-Conversation-Spiritual/dp/0802864902/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279553249&sr=8-1
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