Bono Meets Peterson–A Call for Authenticity in Art, Music, & Life

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Written by Steve Childers

Bono (lead musician of the band U2) and Eugene Peterson (84 year-old Presbyterian minister and author of contemporary-language bible translation The Message) discuss the need for followers of Jesus to embody more realism in art, music, and life. Bono asks why "Christian music" is not more like the Psalms–embracing the whole spectrum of human emotions including not only happiness, but also confusion, anger, despair, and doubt. Source: Fuller Studio

"We must find a way to cuss without cussing–and the Psalms help." –Eugene Peterson

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Dr. Steven L. Childers is the founding president of Pathway Learning, a ministry equipping church leaders worldwide to plant, grow, and multiply healthy churches. Since 2017, Pathway Learning has served leaders from more than 300 denominations across 60 countries and 9 languages. Previously, Steve taught for 22 years at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, specializing in missions, evangelism, spiritual formation, discipleship, church planting, renewal, and leadership. Before that, he spent 15 years planting and pastoring two churches, one urban and one suburban.

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