As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed By the Words of God

"Sixty years ago I found myself distracted." So begins the introduction to *As Kingfishers Catch Fire*. What follows is the record of the collaboration of pastor and congregation in acts of worship and a life together for twenty-nine years at Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Harford County, Maryland. What Peterson discovered is that the pastor's life is much more than just the preaching. It is also made up of attending to the details in all the circumstances and relationships specific to a people and a place - prayers at a hospital bed, conversations with the elderly, even small talk on a street corner. The un-distractedness happened gradually, it didn't occur dramatically overnight. But, as Peterson writes, "at least now I was being a pastor and not staying awake at night laying out a strategy or casting a vision."Read less