Tag Archives: Eugene Peterson

Bono and Eugene Peterson on the Psalms and Art (Friday Feature)

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Last week I wrote about the passing of Eugene Peterson and his impact on my spiritual and literary life. In particular, it was Eugene’s classes that led me to a recovery and reimagining of my vocation of writing and scholarship and … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday, News & Links | Tagged American evangelicalism, art, As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Bono, Eugene Peterson, evangelical, Frederick Buechner, Regent College, U2 | 1 Comment

On the Passing of Eugene Peterson, with Gerard Manley Hopkins

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

For those that know of Eugene Peterson‘s work and have felt the impact of his life spent as a pastor-theologian, you probably already know that he passed away earlier this week. Christianity Today has a nice write-up (see here), and so … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged American evangelicalism, As Kingfishers Catch Fire, C.S. Lewis, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, Ephesians, Eugene Peterson, evangelical, Frederick Buechner, George MacDonald, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Long Obedience in the Same Direction, Regent College, Under the Unpredictable Plant | 7 Comments

Full: My Experience of the L.M. Montgomery Institute Conference (L.M. Montgomery Series) #LMMI2018

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Note: This is a rewriting of my guest post at the L.M. Montgomery Institute blog. I am full. And no doubt. We have just finished a packed four and a half days of conferencing and workshopping, speaking and listening, flipping … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian literature, L.M. Montgomery, Original Research | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Eugene Peterson, intertextuality, L.M. Montgomery, literature, Lucy Maud Montgomery, PEI, PhD Research, Prince Edward Island, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, UPEI | 6 Comments

On Reading Calvin’s Institutes as a Non-Calvinist

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

As I come from a non-Calvinist tradition I have never read the foundation of the Reformed tradition, Institutio Christianae Religionis, or Calvin’s Institutes. My theological training was biblical studies, history, and literature, so I never spent much time in Calvin … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged B.B. Warfield, Calvin's Institutes, Calvinism, Charles Hodge, Dallas Willard, Eugene Peterson, J.I. Packer, John Calvin, John Piper, Marilynne Robinson, Old Books, Reading, Stanley Grenz, theology, Wayne Grudem | 18 Comments

The Novelist as Listener, by Eugene Peterson

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Over the past few years I have had the luxury of being a TA and Instructor in Regent College’s phenomenal distance education program. Long past the days of correspondence tapes in the mail, distance ed is now highly relational and … Continue reading →