The pastor a memoir 2012 by eugene peterson is a remarkable book full of wisdom and beauty undoubtedly peterson is a storyteller one who draws the reader into his reflections on a lifetime as a pastor not as a job but as a true vocation. Eugene petersens the pastor is an eloquent memoir describing his pastoral beginnings and his evolution over 50 years of ministry it concludes with his reflection of what it all means i especially appreciate his journey to becoming a pastor from humble montana beginnings to old ivied campuses of the northeast to a maryland church plant. The pastor a memoir the pastor in the pastor author eugene peterson translator of the multimillion selling the message tells the story of how he started christ our king presbyterian church. The pastor a memoir john armstrong april 21 2011 pastoral renewal the christian minister ministry one of my favorite modern protestant writers is eugene h peterson ive never met eugene though ive spoken to him on the telephone i invited him to participate in a writing project and he phoned me to decline he was the only person . In the pastor author eugene peterson translator of the multimillion selling the message tells the story of how he started christ our king presbyterian church in bel air maryland and his gradual discovery of what it really means to be a pastor steering away from abstractions peterson challenges conventional wisdom regarding church marketing mega pastors and the church8217s too cozy