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CNLP 819 | Required Listening: Eugene Peterson on the Rhythms of a Reflective Life, The Challenges of Leading Through the 1960s, and the Origin of the Message

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast, 23 July 2026. The author is the guest. The book comes up at 2 min 51 sec in.

Carey Nieuwhof introduces Peterson's then-new book and asks about its opening, in which Peterson describes finding a growing 'dissonance' in his ministry when starting a church near Baltimore in 1962 and laboring toward 'congruence.' Peterson recounts the suburban setting, a congregation of 50–60 people, and the eruption of violence in Baltimore. At the close Carey describes the book as a collection of 49 sermons and calls it 'Well worth reading.'

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