Eugene H. Peterson - Human Quotes

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The Latin words humus, soil/earth, and homo, human being, have a common derivation, from which we also get our word 'humble.' This is the Genesis origin of who we are: dust - dust that the Lord God used to make us a human being. If we cultivate a lively sense of our origin and nurture a sense of continuity with it, who knows, we may also acquire humility.

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Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what's common in human experience and turns it into something holy.

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