Saturday, February 18, 2006

Eugene Peterson's reasons why pastors should read novels

1) The most accurate rendering of the world in words in by storytelling.

2.) Helps us understand the value, uniqueness, etc. of our story and the story of others.

3.) Reading novels reminds us of the specialness and uniqueness of the people we serve.

4.) Teaches us the importance of incarnational ministry in a particular setting.

3 comments:

The Humanity Critic said...

Sounds pretty reasonable to me..

rubyslipperlady said...

Does this mean that you're going to start reading more novels?

Anonymous said...

:) do I need more encouragement.

just back from hol
read 4 books one of which was a novel and one was novel-like :)

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