In Under the Unpredictable Plant respected pastor, author, and educator Eugene Peterson clarifies the pastoral vocation by turning to biblical book of Jonah, in which he finds a captivating, subversive 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.

“Eugene Peterson has done it again. Rare is the pastors who will not be moved by these thoughts. With honest, biblical eloquence, Peterson talks about what’s needed to say with pastoral ministry in ways that are both faithful and vital”.