More from "Eat This Book"

Have you ever read a book that puts into words what you could not? When you pick up the book you think - has the author been reading my mind? A good book is one that after reading it you think to yourself -- I could have written that. But you didn't (and you couldn't).

Here is another great thought from "Eat This Book" by Eugene Peterson:

There is an enormous interest these days in the soul. In the church this interest in the soul is evidenced in a revival of attention in matters of spiritual theology, spiritual leadership, spiritual direction, and spiritual formation. But there is no a corresponding revival of interest in our Holy Scriptures. Spiritual theology, spiritual leadership, spiritual direction, and spiritual formation require that we tend to the work of the Holy Spirit in our individual and corporate, public and political lives. But those who are enthusiastic about this work are frequently, even typically, disinterested in the Holy Scriptures, the book that is given to us by the Holy Spirt. It is a matter of urgency in our souls be matched by an interest in our Scriptures - and for the same reason; they, Scripture and souls, are primary fields of operation for the Holy Spirit. An interest in souls divorced from an interest in Scripture leaves us without a text that shapes these souls. In the same way, an interest in Scripture divorced from an interest in souls leaves us without any material for the text to work on.

Wow!