Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work by Eugene Peterson

This is one of the four textbooks in my Pastoral Theology class at Every Nation Seminary. Peterson shares valuable insights and lays a solid foundation for pastoral ministry through five Old Testament books. I encourage every pastor to give it a read.

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It is the unique property of pastoral work to combine two aspects of ministry: one, to represent the eternal word and will of God; and, two, to do it among the idiosyncrasies of the local and the personal. . . . If either aspect is slighted, good pastoral work fails to take place.