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# Counter-cultural pastoral life
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2003912counter-cultural-pastoral-life-html/
- Published: 2003-09-12T20:04:53.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:43:40.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

*This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”*

Found through [Jordon](http://www.jordoncooper.sk.ca/2003%5F09%5F01%5Farchives.html?ref=dashhouse.com#106340152902325916): an [interview with Eugene Peterson](http://www.vineyardusa.org/publications/newsletters/cutting%5Fedge/2002%5Fspring/eugene%5Fpeterson.htm?ref=dashhouse.com):

> Basically, we simply have to get our identity from the Bible, from this Biblical story. And Americans are not very good at that. We assume we are living in a Christian country, and everybody