" The core message of the gospel is that God invades us with new life, but the setting for this is most often in the ordinariness of our lives. The new life takes place in the place and person of our present. It is not a means by which God solves problems. God creates new life. He is not a problem solver but a person creator. "

― Eugene H. Peterson , As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the Words of God