Pastor Is a Verb: Life Beyond Sunday

NEW BOOK!

Chock full of true-life stories!

Whether your Sundays are for going hiking, going to church, or doing chores, have you ever had the stray thought: What does a pastor do, anyway, outside of those Sunday services? And even if you haven’t…

From comical and silly to poignant and profound, from sweet and generous to outrageous and all-too-human – the many stories in Pastor Is a Verb: Life Beyond Sunday draw you in, giving an entertaining and illuminating account of one Lutheran pastor’s experiences as he shares his stories from more than fifty years of serving in a variety of settings.

Extraordinary and truly unexpected things may come a pastor’s way – you will read about them in these stories, as well as some of the more mundane activities that you never knew fill a pastor’s week and life. These wide-ranging, honest, and inviting stories are an attempt to answer the question the author has been asked throughout his career, “What do you actually do during the week, Pastor?”

YOU CAN ORDER PASTOR IS A VERB at Archway Publishing. Or at Bookshop.org, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or other online booksellers.

Available as paperback or e-book.

Keith Prekker is storyteller Pam Faro’s husband. She has heard most of these stories told orally over the years (and is IN a few of the later ones…), and worked closely with Keith as editor, turning these oral-history stories and anecdotes into 193 engaging short stories – at turns hilarious, sobering, and heartwarming throughout its 308 pages.

REVIEWS

“Why would I be interested in a book about a Lutheran pastor’s life and ministry? I’m not Lutheran and don’t even go to church, but Keith Prekker’s life is full of stories, and I do love stories. What shines through in this collection is Keith’s warmth and curiosity. His encounters with mental illness, poverty, and even the KKK are balanced with insightful and hilarious stories about real life, everything from births and deaths to mimeograph machines. This is a generous book, reminding all of us that ‘church’ is really a commitment to life and spirit as it radiates through the people around us.” Jane Treat, storyteller and co-author with Nancy Geha of Women & Middlehood: Halfway Up the Mountain.

“Don’t be surprised when you see yourself in his honest recollections. It’s all there in his lifetime journey in ministry: the best and the worst of us, our hopes and dreams, our joys and sorrows. It’s down-to-earth, day-to-day reality.”Bishop Emeritus Allan Bjornberg, Rocky Mountain Synod of the ELCA (Lutheran)

“Thank you, Pastor Prekker. Your stories delighted me, and puzzled me. Sometimes I nodded my head in recognition, and sometimes I just rolled my eyes. But always I was thankful to be in the company of a pastor and of congregations who were working steadily to carry out their call with determination and integrity. I will read this book more than once.” – From the Foreword by Richard W. Swanson, Professor of Religion, Philosophy, and Classics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

ORDER PASTOR IS A VERB at Archway Publishing. Or at Bookshop.org, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or other online booksellers. 

Questions? – Contact Pam Faro at pa*****@st************.com .