{"id":167,"date":"2025-08-28T15:34:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?page_id=167"},"modified":"2026-01-21T18:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:07:47","slug":"authors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<section class=\"wp-block-ct wp-block-ctp wp-block-ctp-featured-authors\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ctp-featured-author\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctp-featured-author-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/authors\/eugene-peterson\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/eugene-peterson.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Headshot of Eugene Peterson\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .ctp-featured-author-thumbnail -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ctp-featured-author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/authors\/eugene-peterson\/\" class=\"ctp-featured-author-name-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEugene Peterson\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctp-featured-author-short-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Best known for <em>The Message<\/em> transliteration of the Bible, Eugene Peterson is a \u201cshepherd\u2019s shepherd\u201d\u2014a pastoral writer who aims to keep Christian leaders grounded in robust biblical theology amid the din of shallow preaching aimed at self-improvement and megachurch marketing campaigns to \u201cdo more.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .ctp-featured-author-short-bio -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/authors\/eugene-peterson\/\" class=\"button text-only text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead bio\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .ctp-featured-author -->\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ctp-featured-author\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctp-featured-author-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/authors\/lee-eclov\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/lee-eclov.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Headshot of Lee Eclov\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .ctp-featured-author-thumbnail -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ctp-featured-author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/authors\/lee-eclov\/\" class=\"ctp-featured-author-name-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLee Eclov\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctp-featured-author-short-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lee Eclov recently retired after 40 years of local pastoral ministry and now focuses on ministry among pastors. 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