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Peterson","A Long Obedience in the Same Direction presents a framework for Christian formation through the disciplines of discipleship, repentance, providence, worship, service, help, security, joy, work, happiness, perseverance, hope, humility, obedience, community, and blessing. Each theme is paired with memorable reflections that emphasize God’s guidance in everyday relationships and faithful practice. The front matter includes a commemorative preface and a 20th-anniversary preface, followed by an epilogue and notes supporting the study’s biblical focus.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor Lu and Peter  \ncompanions still in the long obedience  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nCOMMEMORATIVE PREFACE BY LEIF PETERSON  \n20TH-ANNIVERSARY PREFACE  \n1 DISCIPLESHIP  \n“What Makes You Think You Can Race Against Horses?”  \n2 REPENTANCE  \n“I’m Doomed to Live in Meshech”  \n3 PROVIDENCE  \n“GOD Guards You from Every Evil”  \n4 WORSHIP  \n“Let’s Go to the House of GOD”  \n5 SERVICE  \n“Like Servants ... We’re Watching & Waiting”  \n6 HELP  \n“Oh, Blessed Be GOD! He Didn’t Go Off& Leave Us”  \n7 SECURITY  \n“GOD Encircles His People”  \n8 JOY  \n“We Laughed, We Sang”  \n9 WORK  \n“If GOD Doesn’t Build the House”  \n10 HAPPINESS  \n“Enjoy the Blessing! Revel in the Goodness!”  \n11 PERSEVERANCE  \n“They Never Could Keep Me Down”  \n12 HOPE  \n“IPray to GOD . . . and Wait for What He’ll Say & Do”  \n13 HUMILITY  \n“I’ve Kept My Feet on the Ground”  \n14 OBEDIENCE  \n“How He Promised GOD”  \n15 COMMUNITY  \n“Like Costly Anointing Oil Flowing Down Head & Beard”  \n16 BLESSING  \n“Lift Your Praising Hands”  \nA LONG OBEDIENCE: AN EPILOGUE  \nNOTES  \nLIST OF WORKS BY EUGENE H. PETERSON  \nFORMATIO  \nIVP SIGNATURE COLLECTION  \nIVP SIGNATURE BIBLE STUDIES  \nPRAISE FOR A LONG OBEDIENCE IN THE SAME DIRECTION  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR  \nMORE TITLES FROM INTERVARSITY PRESS  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCommemorative Preface  \nA Eulogy for the Celebration of the Resurrection of Eugene Peterson  \nLEIF PETERSON  \nOver the past few years, and especially more recently, thanks to the way social media has kept us increasingly connected, I’ve received a lot of messages from people wanting to express their appreciation for my dad. These messages, although personal and specific, are also similarly thematic.  \nThis one, although an amalgam, is faithful to any number of notes I’ve received, some from people I remember or vaguely remember, some from people I never knew.  \nDear Leif,  \nI heard recently that your dad is not doing well. I hope that’s not true. There is probably noone on this planet that I think of more often than your dad. He intervened on my behalf when I was fourteen. At the time I had no idea what he’d done. Even now I really don’t know any more than that he was the galvanizing force in changing the course of my life ina way that set me on a better path.  \nThere are very few people who come to my mind as frequently as your father, not just the wisdom of his sermons, but his support of my mother that made my childhood slightly more stable, his intervention when life seemed untenable, and much more that I’m sure I have no knowledge of.  \nWhen you see him next please tell him that without his help I’m certain my life would not be the modest success that it is. And tell him thank you.  \nIt was not uncommon in these notes to hear the words:  \nYour dad is the reason I became a minister.  \nYour dad saved my marriage.  \nYour dad saved my ministry.  \nYour dad saved my life.  \nThe next time I would see my dad, usually on the Tuesdays I would always spend with him at the lake, I would read him these messages. After I was done reading, he would often rub his hands together and smile and nod pensively and say,“Oh, that’s good. That’s good.”  \nIn these times of mental decline, I don’t know if he fully contextually understood who the sender was or the circumstances from the past that compelled them to write to him and convey that depth of appreciation. But Ido know this: he knew that it was good. Not that he had done something good, but that when we are in relationship, with God and with others, good things inevitably happen. My dad’s message was always that the good news always plays out best in relationships. Always in relationships.  \nThe writer of Genesis tells us that at the end of each day of creation God looked around at the work that he’d done and saw that it was good. I think my dad did that a lot. 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