Conversations: The Message With Its Translator

by Eugene H. Peterson

For more than 10 years, Eugene Peterson lovingly crafted The Message to convey God’s truth in today’s language. Conversations combines his groundbreaking translation with gleanings from a lifetime of personal study.



• Selected excerpts from his sermons, seminary notes, books, and devotional writings
• Contemplative sections that encourage a time of prayerful reflection
• An essay by Eugene for enhancing your time in God’s Word

Great for reading God's Word, Conversations will add a new dimension to your devotional times.

2003 pages, Hardcover

First published August 22, 2007

About the author

Eugene H. Peterson was a pastor, scholar, author, and poet. For many years he was James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also served as founding pastor of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. He had written over thirty books, including Gold Medallion Book Award winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language a contemporary translation of the Bible. After retiring from full-time teaching, Eugene and his wife Jan lived in the Big Sky Country of rural Montana. He died in October 2018.