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."