Where your treasure is : Psalms that summon you from self to community
This is a bold book. It has to do with changing the life of American society, from the inside out, through'source action'of prayer.'I have written a book for Christians,'says Eugene Peterson,'who want to do something about what is wrong with America and want to plunge into the center, not tinker at the edge. I have chosen eleven psalms that shaped the politics of Israel and can shape the politics of America, and I have taken them seriously...I have written to encourage Christians to pray them both as children of God with eternal destinies and as American citizens with daily responsibilities in caring for our nation.'Peterson is concerned with the'unselfing'of our self-preoccupied, self-bound society through the action of praying together with other believers. He offers insightful, thought-provoking reflections on eleven select psalm-prayers that can help us overcome such things as self-centeredness, self-assertiveness, self-righteousness, self-sufficiency, self-pity, self-service, and self-love. Originally published under the title Earth and Altar
Print Book, English, 1993
W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., 1993
History
x, 180 pages ; 24 cm
9780802801159, 0802801153
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The unselfing of America, Psalm 2
Unself-made, Psalm 87
Unself-centered, Psalm 110
Unself-government, Psalm 93
Unself-help, Psalm 46
Unself assertion, Psalm 62
Unself-pity, Psalm 77
Unself-righteous, Psalm 14
Unself-serving, Psalm 82
Unself-sufficient, Psalm 114
Unself-love, Psalm 45
Previously published: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Fellowship of the United States of America, ©1985