Leap Over a Wall: Earthy Spirituality for Everyday Christians.

The Christian Century | October 29, 1997| | Copyright

By Eugene H. Peterson. Harper San Francisco, 192 pp., $18.00.

IN MANY OF his other books, Eugene Peterson, pastor and theologian, has written about the inherent earthiness of the scriptures and of the Christian faith. He continues this down-to-earth emphasis in his story about King David. Why David? His is "the most extensively narrated single story" within the larger story of scripture. Moreover, Peterson reminds us, David came from an ordinary, run-of-the-mill background. There's hope for us, then, the ordinary run-of-the-mill folks who make up the church. "The ...

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