Eugene H. Peterson

The Pastor

A Memoir

Talking Points

One of the best known and highly respected Christian authors in America, the translator of the multi-million bestselling Bible, The Message, finally tells his story. A mentor and leader to pastors. Peterson is a sought-after speaker for church conferences and the author of many books targeted for pastors——he is a pastor to pastors.

Description

In 1962, Eugene Peterson was asked by his denomination, the Presbyterian Church USA, to begin a new church outside Baltimore, in Bel Air, Maryland. And so was born Christ Our King Presbyterian Church. But Peterson quickly learned that he was not exactly sure what a pastor should do. He had met many ministers in his life, from his Pentecostal upbringing in Montana to his seminary days in New York, and he admired a few, but for all his study and all his experience, he soon discovered that the variety and quantity of the tasks put before him were overwhelming. The demands would drown him unless he figured out a way to measure what the heart of the job really was and whether he was living up to his calling. And that was what he set out to do.