The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way

A way of sacrifice. A way of failure. A way on the margins. A way of holiness. All of these ways prepared the "way of the Lord" that became incarnate and complete in Jesus. But somewhere along the line, have we lost the way?

In The Jesus Way Eugene Peterson continues the thought-provoking spiritual-theological conversation that he began in Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places and Eat This Book. This third volume, offering more of Peterson's singular blend of probing biblical exposition and keen cultural analysis, considers all the ways that Jesus is the Way compared to the distorted ways the modern American church has chosen to follow.

Arguing that the way Jesus leads and the way we follow are symbiotic, Peterson begins with a study of how the ways of those who came before Christ -- Abraham, Moses, David, Elijah, Isaiah of Jerusalem, and Isaiah of the Exile -- revealed and prepared the "way of the Lord" that became complete in Jesus. He then challenges the ways of the contemporary American church, showing in stark relief how what we have chosen to focus on -- consumerism, celebrity, charisma, and so forth -- obliterates what is unique in the Jesus way.

• Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers
• Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
• Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ
• Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology
• As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the Words of God
• Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ
• The Prodigal Prophet: Jonah and the Mystery of God's Mercy
• The Jesus Way Study Guide
• Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ (Eugene Peterson's Five "Conversations" in Spiritual Theology)
• Leap Over a Wall : Earthy Spirituality for Everyday Christians