{"product_id":"under-the-unpredictable-plant-an-exploration-in-vocational-holiness","title":"Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness","description":"Like Eugene Peterson's other books on pastoring, Under the Unpredictable Plant is full of stimulating insights, candid observations, and biblically grounded prescriptions. Yet this book emanates with a special poignancy out of Peterson's own crisis experience as a pastor.\n\nPeterson tells about the \"abyss,\" the \"gaping crevasse,\" the \"chasm\" that he experienced, early in his ministry, between his Christian faith and his pastoral vocation. He was astonished and dismayed to find that his personal spirituality, his piety, was inadequate for his vocation -- and he argues that the same is true of pastors in general.\n\nIn the book of Jonah -- a parable with a prayer at its center -- Peterson finds a subversive, captivating story that can help pastors recover their \"vocational holiness.\" Using the Jonah story as a narrative structure, Peterson probes the spiritual dimensions of the pastoral calling and seeks to reclaim the ground taken over by those who are trying to enlist pastors in religious careers.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0802808484\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0802808484.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Peterson, Eugene H.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43868710109245,"sku":"BVV.0802808484.A","price":6.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0802808484-0.jpg?v=1792623304","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/under-the-unpredictable-plant-an-exploration-in-vocational-holiness","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}